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Gary Chester (27 Oct 1924 - 17 Aug 1987)

Male Person - United States studio drummer and educator

 Also known as (1)

Releases (2)

Official

Other - Interview

  1. The New Breed Interview

Promotion

Album

  1. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah 1964 (as Gary Chester and the Beatle Beat)

Relationships (2)

Students

  1. Dave Rodway

Member Of

  1. Ninapinta and His Bongos and Congas drums (drum set)

Recordings by (32)

  1. A Hard Day’s Night 2:21 (1964)
  2. And I Love Her 2:29 (1964)
  3. From Me to You 2:08 (1964)
  4. Spider Walk 2:18 (1964)
  5. I Want to Hold Your Hand 2:23 (1964)
  6. Roll Over Beethoven 2:10 (1964)
  7. I’ll Cry Instead 2:14 (1964)
  8. I Should Have Known Better 2:34 (1964)
  9. Please Please Me 1:59 (1964)
  10. So Long 1:11 (1964)
  11. I Saw Her Standing There 2:55 (1964)
  12. She Loves You 2:27 (1964)
  13. Intro 1:42 ()
  14. Inspiration 4:13 ()
  15. Concepts 4:36 ()
  16. Singing 2:20 ()
  17. Application 8:31 ()
  18. Technical Aspects 1:49 ()
  19. Studio Concepts 5:22 ()
  20. Volume 2:21 ()
  21. Energy 1:29 ()
  22. Tuning 1:25 ()
  23. Studio 2:11 ()
  24. Preparing 1:51 ()
  25. Time 4:44 ()
  26. Feel 3:02 ()
  27. Reading 8:50 ()
  28. Confidence 0:56 ()
  29. Styles 2:29 ()
  30. Posture 1:56 ()
  31. Breathing 1:14 ()
  32. Outro 15:21 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 2:41 The Shirelles (Nov 1960) drums (drum set)
  2. Down in the Valley 2:27 Solomon Burke (1962) drums (drum set)
  3. A Tear Fell 2:36 Solomon Burke (1962) drums (drum set)
  4. Rock‐a‐Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody 2:24 Aretha Franklin (1962) drums (drum set)
  5. I’m Hanging Up My Heart for You 3:07 Solomon Burke (1962) drums (drum set)
  6. Baby (I Wanna Be Loved) 2:00 Solomon Burke (1962) drums (drum set)
  7. Gotta Travel On 2:11 Solomon Burke (1962) drums (drum set)
  8. Looking for My Baby 2:21 Solomon Burke (1962) drums (drum set)
  9. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning 5:12 Aretha Franklin (1964) drums (drum set)
  10. He’ll Have to Go 3:19 Solomon Burke (1964) drums (drum set)
  11. Goodbye Baby (Baby Goodbye) 3:22 Solomon Burke (1964) drums (drum set)
  12. Theme From "This Is My Beloved" 5:07 Herbie Mann (1966) percussion
  13. Fiddler on the Roof 2:21 Herbie Mann (1966) percussion
  14. You Can't Go Home Again ?:?? Esther Phillips (1966) drums (drum set)
  15. Try to Remember 3:13 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  16. All or Nothing 2:27 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  17. He Touched Me ?:?? Esther Phillips (1966) drums (drum set)
  18. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) 3:03 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  19. The Shadow of Your Smile ?:?? Esther Phillips (1966) drums (drum set)
  20. More 2:13 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  21. I Could Have Told You So ?:?? Esther Phillips (1966) drums (drum set)
  22. Unchained Melody 3:29 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  23. Ebb Tide 2:17 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  24. Patti's Prayer 2:17 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  25. Over the Rainbow 2:46 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  26. Don't Forget About Me 2:30 Barbara Lewis (1966) drums (drum set)
  27. He's So Bad 2:15 Barbara Lewis (1966) drums (drum set)
  28. Yesterday 2:11 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  29. People 4:28 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  30. Frere Jaques 2:14 Herbie Mann (1966) percussion
  31. Sorrow 2:55 Barbara Lewis (1966) drums (drum set)
  32. Groovy Kind of Love 2:10 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  33. Who Can I Turn to 3:08 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  34. He 2:37 Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles (1966) drums (drum set)
  35. Operation Heartbreak 3:00 Aretha Franklin (05 Sep 1967) drums (drum set)
  36. Brown Eyed Girl 3:04 Van Morrison (1967) drums (drum set)
  37. You Can’t Go Home Again ?:?? Esther Phillips (1967) drums (drum set)
  38. April Showers 2:20 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  39. Camelot 2:40 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  40. Cabaret 3:10 Luiz Henrique, Walter Wanderley (1968) drums (drum set)
  41. In the Heat of the Night 3:10 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  42. The Whiffenpoof Song 3:15 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  43. Something Stupid 3:45 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  44. A Trumpeter's Lullaby 3:00 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  45. When I'm 64 3:00 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  46. Max's Brazilian What 2:30 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  47. Have You Met Miss Jones? 3:25 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  48. The Loop 2:00 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  49. Music for Night People 2:33 Artie Butler (1968) drums (drum set)
  50. Down on the Street (Don't You Follow Me Down) 2:21 Karen Dalton (1969) percussion

Credited as (3)

  1. Gary Chester
  2. Gary Chester and the Beatle Beat
  3. Cozy Cole and Gary Chester

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95009170/
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14164131n
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134346548
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95009170
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/308290

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/55854507

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5524837

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/19293

Biographies

  1. http://www.gary-chester.com/