Bobby Graham (born Robert Graham Neate on March 11, 1940 in Edmonton, London) is a session musician and has been described as the most incredible drummer in the United Kingdom, or alternatively, Europe. 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Edmonton is a place in the eastern part of the London Borough of Enfield. ... Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...

Brian Epstein chose Bobby Graham when he decided to remove Pete Best from The Beatles. Bobby turned him down as he was drummer for Joe Brown, and Epstein instead chose Ringo Starr. Brian Epstein: The Beatles manager and a force behind the groups early success. ... The Beatles, early 1962: (l-r) Pete, George, Paul and John. ... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success and their groundbreaking role in the history of popular music. ... Joe Brown (born May 13, 1941) was a popular British entertainer of the 1960s. ... Richard Starkey (Richard Parkin), MBE (born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular British musician, best known as drummer for The Beatles. ...

Bobby has also toured the UK as drummer in his own [[jazz ))band.

Discography

Bobby Graham has played on over 12,000 titles, including:

• You Really Got Me by The Kinks
• All of the Dave Clark Five hit records
• Downtown by Petula Clark
• Green Green Grass Of Home by Tom Jones
• I Only Wanna Be With You by Dusty Springfield

The Kinks were a British rock group. ... The Dave Clark Five were a British rock and roll group in the 1960s, and one of the few that were able to present a commercial threat to the Beatles, the dominant group of the period. ... A sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, or inclusion in a soundtrack. ... Downtown is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch following a first time visit to New York City. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir Tom Jones Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE (born 7 June 1940), known as Sir Tom Jones, is a Welsh pop singer. ... Dusty Springfield Dusty Springfield OBE (April 16, 1939 – March 2, 1999) was a British popular singer whose career achieved the most success in the 1960s. ...

External links

• Official Site
• The Session Man Authorised biography by Patrick Harrington, at Amazon