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The Beatles' set off on their 1st World Tour without an unexpectedly sick Ringo. Session drummer Jimmie Nicol replaced him for eight performances before fading into obscurity. The whirlwind experience was a mixed bag for Nicols, who later said "I see why so many famous people kill themselves."

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Session drummer Tony Currenti, who played on AC/DC's first album, declined joining the band because he was still an Italian citizen and feared eventually touring Europe because he would likely be called up for military service

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1. "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" is named after Yoshimi P-We, the lead singer from OOIOO and drummer from Boredoms, who was also a session musician on the album.

2. Famous Toto and session drummer Jeff Porcaro actually died in a bizarre gardening accident, just like one of the fictional drummers did in the iconic movie "This is Spinal Tap", released 8 years earlier.

3. The drum beat in the 1977 Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive" is the same as the one in "Night Fever", because drummer Dennis Bryon was at his mother's funeral during recording sessions. The producers loved the tape loop so much they also used it on "More Than a Woman".

4. Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason couldn't play the changes in 'Mother', and on a tight recording schedule, ceded the drumming duties to session drummer Jeff Porcaro.

5. Hal Blaine, a session drummer for the "Wrecking Crew," played on records for Frank Sinatra, Sam Cooke, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley, (etc). He has played on 40 #1 hits and 150 top 10 hits.

6. Jim Gordon, one of the 60's and 70's most legendary session drummers also contributed the Piano part of 'Layla' as well as the drums, and in 1983, an undiagnosed schizophrenic, he murdered his mother after hearing voices telling him to, in 2005, he claimed she was still alive.

7. Jim Gordon, respected session drummer best known for his work with Derek and the Dominos, is schizophrenic, and has been in prison since 1984 for murdering his mother.

8. Brad Wilk of Rage against the Machine was the session drummer on the recording of Black Sabbath's album "13".

9. An established session drummer named Bernard Purdie claims to have played drums on 21 tracks from the first three Beatles albums, stating that "Ringo never played anything...not on the early stuff"