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 ...
One of the last surviving figures from the golden age of Memphis’ Sun Records, drummer J.M. "Jimmy" Van Eaton, has died. Van Eaton — who came to Sun as a teenager in the mid-1950s and made his ...
Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, who played drums on epoch-defining hits, including Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” and lent spontaneity and imagination to the ...
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 ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — 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 ...
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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 ...
FILE - Legendary Sun Records drummer J.M. Van Eaton practices in Tuscumbia, Ala., July 28, 2010. Van Eaton, a pioneering rock n roll drummer who played behind the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis and Billy ...