Early rock 'n' roll drummer Jimmy Van Eaton dies aged 86 | Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
The Memphis native played on Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and other Sun Records classics.
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The Memphis native played on Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and other Sun Records classics.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — J.M. “Jimmy” Van Eaton, a pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, died Friday at age 86, a family member said. Van Eaton, a Memphis native who came to the famous record label as […]
J.M. "Jimmy" Van Eaton, a pioneering rock 'n' roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, died Friday at age 86, a family member said.
He went from backing up Jerry Lee Lewis to spending four decades working in municipal bonds.
A pioneering rock ‘n’ roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy Lee Riley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, has died. The Commercial Appeal