The Wrecking Crews motto was TTMAR: Take the money and run. But they and Blaine not least seldom closed the studio door behind them without having left something of themselves on the recording tape. As Spector made a roomful of musicians go through 40 or 50 takes of a two-minute song until, as someone once said, they were exhausted enough to play what he wanted rather than what they wanted, Blaine was one who never flagged. Blaine, 90, coined the term The Wrecking Crew for his group of first-call studio musicians who transformed the Los Angeles recording industry by supporting legendary vocalists on some of the most fabled albums of the 1960s. Hal Blaine: Yeah. Hal Blaine, who died Monday at age 90, was one of the most prolific drummers in the history of rock 'n' roll. This is a carousel with slides. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? 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Hal Blaine, drummer who played on thousands of songs, dies at 90 Drummer Hal Blaine, who played on many of the biggest hits in music history including records by Frank Sinatra and the Beach Boys, has died. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. Hal Blaine, the ubiquitous drummer whose work in the 1960s and '70s with Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Ronettes and many others. He was the drummer on such classics as The Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Uptown" and "He's a Rebel". From 1966 to 1971, he played on six consecutive Record of the Year Grammy winners. 1 hits, which have considerably increased his net worth. Both of his parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. ", Im so sad, I dont know what to say. He initiated that with the union. Randi told the trade publication, Variety, He was a trend setter for rock and roll drumming., Guitarist Bob Brown, a prolific recording artist of jingles in the Coachella Valley, said, Most of us of a certain age who labor in recording studios owe as much to Hal as jazz guys owed Satchmo (Louis Armstrong). 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On hearing of his death, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson called him "the greatest drummer ever. Year should not be greater than current year. He may be the only drummer to back Presley, Sinatra and John Lennon. 'The Wrecking crew' was the name given by Blaine to the de facto house band of Phil Spector. [8] He subsequently played as part of Count Basie's big band and toured with Patti Page and Tommy Sands before taking up session work. View Source Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Maintained by: Find a Grave This largely eliminated the recording studios' demand for session drummers. Search above to list available cemeteries. [6], Blaine was a prolific session player and by his estimation played on over 35,000 recordings, including 6,000 singles. Hal Blaine, centre, with Aretha Franklin and Ed Ames in 1968. [18] His drumming can be heard as part of the Wall of Sound on the Ronettes' 1963 single "Be My Baby",[19] produced by Phil Spector at Hollywood's Gold Star Studios. Rock Musician. A statement from Blaines family expressed appreciation for the outpouring of support for the late drummer, but requested privacy during their time of mourning. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. His driving beat and epic tom-tom fills formed the foundation of Phil Spectors Wall of Sound, erected around the Ronettes, the Crystals, Darlene Love and others. BBC Music reporter Hal Blaine, one of the most prolific and influential drummers of his generation, has died at the age of 90. Some of the records Blaine played on include the Ronettes' single "Be My Baby" (1963), which contained a drum beat that became widely imitated, as well as works by popular artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, Neil Diamond, and the Byrds.[2]. While relatively unknown to the music audience, the Wrecking Crew were viewed with reverence by industry insiders.From 1962 to 1976, Blaine played drums for 40 recordings that hit number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100, in what was probably the most memorable period of his career. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Blaine was married five times. More Images. [21], Blaine is also credited with popularising the "disco beat" after he recorded a "pshh-shup" sound by opening and closing the hi-hat at appropriate intervals on Johnny Rivers' "Poor Side of Town". California, Marriages, 1960 - 1985; Colorado, Marriages, 1975 - 2004; Canada Phone and Address Listings; View all records Geni World Family Tree. Some of them had come up through jazz, but most had a background in various forms of pop music, including country music and rocknroll. Weve updated the security on the site. He was a great drummer. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Failed to delete memorial. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Hal Blaine, known as the drummer on various smash hits throughout the 1960s and 1970s, died Monday. They included: He also received a Record of the Year Grammy for Love Will Keep Us Together with the Captain and Tenille. Try again later. Publicity Listings Hal Blaine, a drummer who provided the seismic backbeat and cannon-shot snare on thousands of rock songs and scores of midcentury hits - so many that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dubbed him "the most recorded drummer in history" - died March 11. . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197471206/hal-blaine. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. GREAT NEWS! "Hal taught me a lot, and he had so much to do with our success he was the greatest drummer ever.". Failed to report flower. Hal Blaine. In a 2005 interview with Modern Drummer magazine, Blaine said that he wasn't quite sure how he came up with the solo. (Newsmakers/Getty Images) . Blaine, who has died aged 90, was a musician of expert technique and considerable imagination, but he knew when to keep it simple in order to make a song distinctive when played on the radio. 1 hits, 150 top 10 songs. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr called him an influence on his own playing. Profile: Studio drummer and percussionist, born 5 February 1929, Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA; died 11 March 2019 in Palm Desert, California. Hal made everything sound together, and he and his pals made the hits we still love.. 126. [14][15] A statement from his family read "May he rest forever on 2 and 4", referring to the second and fourth beats of a measure in music. As a key member of the loose affiliation of Hollywood session musicians who became known in the 1960s as the Wrecking Crew, the drummer Hal Blaine played on more hits than he could possibly have remembered. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. [11], Blaine played less session work from the 1980s onwards as computers and electronics began to be used in studios, and producers began to bring in younger players. Regarding his personal life, little is known about Hal in the media, as he tends to keep his life away from music very private, although he is known to have a daughter, Michelle. It was a mistake that Spector decided to leave in. Cremated. In the 1960s, Blaine served as a core member of "the Wrecking Crew", a loose collective of session musicians working in Los Angeles. He is survived by his daughter Michelle Blaine, and seven grandchildren. The Wrecking Crew! Due to the decline in his personal finances, he took various odd jobs to supplement his income. We also laughed an awful lot. So was the riveting introduction to the Ronettes Be My Baby, a brusque bom bom-bom BANG! In 2000, he was inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. The Wrecking Crew's contributions to music history went largely overlooked in their time, only achieving more recognition years later thanks to biographies and documentaries. LOS ANGELES (AP) Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid down one of music's most memorable opening riffs on the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," died Monday. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but . "Phil might have said, 'Do that again.' As he drove around Hollywood from one session to another at Gold Star, Sunset Sound, RCA and Western, he kept drum kits permanently set up to his specification in several of the studios. : https://youtu.be/zePpJoksDUUVisit us here: https://www.musicianshalloffame.comSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/musicianshalloffameSend inquires here: https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/contact-usView the entire Musicians Hall of Fame Backstage Vault Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNotO4QzIgI\u0026list=PLpVZxNGBuqfAl6xIyyj8tWQS6i6efcK8OSee the whole Backstage Interview Catalog here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNotO4QzIgI\u0026list=PLpVZxNGBuqfAl6xIyyj8tWQS6i6efcK8OSupport the Museum here : https://www.musicianshalloffame.com/donations/Merch! The practice inspired many San Francisco musicians to belittle L.A. artists, but Blaine played the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and found himself admired by musicians in the Bay Area and across the Atlantic. Edit your search or learn more. Historical records and family trees related to Hal Blaine. Hal Blaine, one of the most revered and prolific session drummers of all time has died, aged 90. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Edit Search New Search Filters (1) To get better results, add more information such as Birth Info, Death Info and Locationeven a guess will help. Drummer Hal Blaine, who propelled dozens of major hit records during the '60s and '70s as a member of the "Wrecking Crew," Hollywood's elite, ubiquitous cadre of first-call studio musicians,. Blaine started playing with Sands when he got to Los Angeles, and he met both Nancy Sinatra, who married Sands, and Presleys manager, Col. Tom Parker, who took an interest in Sands career, especially when Presley went into the army. Drag images here or select from your computer for Hal Blaine memorial. There is a problem with your email/password. Thanks to his contribution to so many artists and their hits, which reads like a whos who of the pop music industry spanning the last 60 years, confirming his successful career in music is that Hal Blaine was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, then the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum, and in 2010 he became a member of the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame. From 1962 to 1976, Blaine played drums for 40 recordings that hit number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100, in what was probably the most memorable period of his career. The album contains the hit singles "(They Long to Be) Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun".The former was the song which earned the . Blaine trained at the Roy Knapp Institute of Percussion in Chicago, where one of his piano teachers was the father of child country star Tommy Sands. Due to the decline in his personal finances, he took various odd jobs to supplement his income. Blaine rarely performed live, with the exception of working with Nancy Sinatra at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in the 1960s. He was a very musical guy.. His daughter, Michelle Blaine, worked as an . Add to your scrapbook. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. He was born in 1929 as "Harold Simon Belsky", son to Meyer Belsky and Rose Silverman. So Hyang Age, Height, Cancer, Net Worth, Husband, Who is actor Patrick Muldoon? It was packed with newspapers. Homes - Celebrity - Entertainment - Musicians Links: en.wikipedia.org By: tlp333 Acclaimed drummer and member of the session musicians Wrecking Crew who worked on many of pops greatest hits. Blaine was married at least six times. [8][additional citation(s) needed], "Hal Blaine Strikes Again" was a rubber stamp used by Blaine to mark music scores and places where he played. "[22], In 2014, Blaine was portrayed by Johnny Sneed in the film Love & Mercy, a biopic of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.[2]. His other rock standards included such Beach Boys hits as Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda and I Get Around. He recorded Everybody Loves Somebody with Dean Martin and Half Breed with Cher. To use this feature, use a newer browser. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Hal Blaine. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Your email address will not be published. But friends remembered him as much for his love of comedy as his place in history. Out of so many notable sessions, his signature moment was the attention-grabbing "on the four" solo Bum-ba-bum-BOOM that launched the classic "Be My Baby," a hit for the Ronettes in 1963 that helped define Spector's overpowering "Wall of Sound" productions. His beat propelled the Mamas and the Papas California Dreamin, the Byrds Mr Tambourine Man, the Beach Boys Good Vibrations, the Crystals Then He Kissed Me, Richard Harriss MacArthur Park, Barry McGuires Eve of Destruction and Sonny and Chers I Got You, Babe. Blaine's career declined considerably in the 1980s. Try reaching Hal O Blaine on his landline phone at (760) 836-3247 or call his mobile phone on (423) 368-6770. The sound subsequently became sought-after by producers in the 1970s. We have estimated He is a member of famous Actor with the age 90 years old group. Blaine became one of the first five sidemen inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Little by little his name became more known, and he would play on such songs as Cant Help Falling in Love With You performed by Elvis Presley, and several other of his hits in the 60s, certainly a strong base for his net worth. He was 90. . Probably the biggest hit record he worked on was The Ronettes' million-selling "Be My Baby" from 1963, with the famous "thump, thump, thump, BOOM!" "The family appreciates your outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Hal from . If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. One day, we had a rehearsal with a new guy coming in by the name of Lenny Bruce. . He was the drummer for the "stand up" portion of Elvis Presley's fabled '68 Comeback Special, he was one of the strangers on Frank Sinatra's recording of "Strangers in the Night." Also learn how He earned most of Hal Blaine networth? [5] He began playing drums at the age of eight,[6] and again moved with his family to California in 1943. Hal Blaine was an American drummer and session musician of Jewish descent, with a career that lasted about 70 years. His work on those records attracted the interest of Brian Wilson, who worshipped Spector, and Blaine became an important collaborator on the Beach Boys innovative productions, notably the album Pet Sounds. Most of them had formal training in both jazz and classical music, and provided their music skills to record companies producing various rock, pop, and rhythm and blues recording of this era. [6], Blaine played with guitarists Glen Campbell and Tommy Tedesco, bassists Carol Kaye and Joe Osborn, and keyboardists Leon Russell and Don Randi. Over the course of his career, he played on countless hits by. Hal Blaine - Tribute To World's Greatest Drummer - Part 1 rrnewmedia 155K views 11 years ago Les Paul Reflects on His Life: The Les Paul Guitar, Multitrack Recording and MORE! These guys were always in the beautiful three-piece suits, Blaine told The Desert Sun in December2013. So, how much is Hal Blaine worth at the age of 90 years old? Blaine received Grammy Awards for playing on six consecutive Record of the Year Award winners. Both of his parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one. Hal Blaine knew when to keep it simple to make a song sound distinctive on the radio. In his lifetime, he played on 40 Number One hits and some 150 singles that made it into the Top 10. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Session musicians made good money in the 60s as long as they could turn up on time, could add a little magic to a song and did not make trouble. And through Tommy I really started learning rockabilly, country, and rock and roll. The new generation of which Blaine was a part included the guitarists Bill Pitman, Glen Campbell, Billy Strange and Tommy Tedesco (whose son Denny made an award-winning documentary about them in 2008), the pianists Don Randi, Leon Russell and Larry Knechtel, and the bassists Ray Pohlman, Carol Kaye and Joe Osborn. When bands became self-contained in the 1970s, writing their own songs and playing their own instruments, Blaines career waned. According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Blaines net worth is as high as $5 million, earned through his successful career as a drummer, as during his career which began in the 1940s, he has played drums on more than 50 No. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Hal Blaine. Oops, we were unable to send the email. This would have been 1952, 53. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for NAMM) Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Harold "Hal" Blaine . Blaine played on six consecutive Grammy Award Record of the Year winners:[12], In March 2000, Blaine was one of the first five sidemen inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (one of the other inductees was his long-time friend and drumming colleague Earl Palmer). We used to have comedians in for a dinner show, Blaine told The Desert Sun. "To Hal Blaine. All rights reserved. His stuff will always stand up.. This is the Dean Martin Golden Trash Award." [Laughs . This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Heestimated he appeared on more than35,000 recordings, including 6,000 singles. After the family moved in 1943 to southern California, he took drum lessons with Roy Knapp, who had taught Gene Krupa. Try again later. More: Hal Blaine traded hits for schtick in Palm Desert, More:Soap opera star Jed Allan dies in Palm Desert, known for '90210,' 'Days Of Our Lives', We had some fun in the studio doing stuff for some BBC programs and putting (Variety) Radiothon elements together, Brown said. Marriage & Divorce. In the history of the music industry, Hal . Name: Haley Ann Blaine. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. We have set your language to Others, including the Monkees Micky Dolenz and the Beach Boys Dennis Wilson, were happy to go on TV or out on tour and imitate what he had played on their records. Blaine was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, a planned city that was once famed for its paper mills. Blaine was the archetype of that open-mindedness. But he also enjoyed the emerging "rock and roll" of the 1950s, and performed as a session musician in rock recordings.In the 1960s, Blaine served as a core member of "the Wrecking Crew", a loose collective of session musicians working in Los Angeles. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. LOS ANGELES Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid down one of music's most memorable opening riffs on the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," died Monday. LOS ANGELES Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and laid down one of music's most memorable opening riffs on the Ronettes' "Be My Baby," died Monday. In 1943, the 14-year-old Blaine and his family moved to California. This largely eliminated the recording studios' demand for session drummers. At one point, he worked as a security guard. He was 90-years-old. But, as with any family business, one helps out where one can. John Denver brought Blaine on tour in the mid-1970s. [12] He lost most of his wealth following a divorce. . This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Blaine died of natural causes at his home in Palm Desert, California, his son-in-law, Andy Johnson, told The Associated Press. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Hal Blaine, a drummer who provided the seismic backbeat and cannon-shot snare on thousands of rock songs and scores of midcentury hits so many that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dubbed him. Hal Blaine, who kept the beat as the drummer in the iconic group of session musicians popularly known as the Wrecking Crew, has died. Hal was getting so many studio dates he actually had a rubber stamp made. He's certainly played on more hit records than any drummer in the rock era, including 40 #1 singles and 150 that made the Top Ten. Blaine eventually took on the lucrative additional role of studio contractor, relied on by producers to hire the right musicians for each individual session. He was a huge fan of pioneering comic Lenny Bruce, who he met when Blaine first came to Southern California and was working a San Bernardino nightclub called the Magic Carpet. His drumming got featured on the 150 United States top-10 singles. His work with The Beach Boys, The Ronettes and other bands in the 1960s and 1970s . that came thundering out of a million transistors in 1963. LOS ANGELES Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s who played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beach Boys and. I'm sure he is very proud of his work and enjoyed working with so many talented people but I wonder how much joy of drumming he actually experienced. . Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. These recordings included "Johnny Angel" (1962, by Shelley Fabares), "He's a Rebel" (1962, by The Crystals), "Surf City" (1963, by Jan & Dean), "I Get Around" (1964, by The Beach Boys ), "Everybody Loves Somebody" (1964, by Dean Martin), "Ringo" (1964, by Lorne Greene), "This Diamond Ring" (1965, by Gary Lewis & the Playboys), "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965, by The Beach Boys), "Mr Tambourine Man" (1965, by The Byrds), "I Got You Babe" (1965, by Sonny & Cher), "Eve of Destruction" (1965, by Barry McGuire), "My Love" (1966, Petula Clark), "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (1966, by Nancy Sinatra), "Monday, Monday" (1966, by The Mamas & the Papas), "Strangers in the Night" (1966, by Frank Sinatra), "Poor Side of Town" (1966, by Johnny Rivers), "Good Vibrations" (1966, by The Beach Boys), "Somethin' Stupid" (1967, by Frank & Nancy Sinatra), "The Happening" (1967, by The Supremes), "Windy" (1967, by The Association), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968, by Simon & Garfunkel), "Dizzy" (1969, by Tommy Roe), "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" (1969, by The 5th Dimension), "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" (1969, by Henry Mancini), "Wedding Bell Blues" (1969, by The 5th Dimension), "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1970, by Simon & Garfunkel), "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (1970, by The Carpenters), "Cracklin' Rosie" (1970, by Neil Diamond), "I Think I Love You" (1970, by The Partridge Family), "Indian Reservation" (1971, by The Raiders), "Song Sung Blue" (1972, by Neil Diamond), "Half Breed" (1973, by Cher), "Top of the World" (1973, by The Carpenters), "The Way We Were" (1974, by Barbra Streisand), "Annie's Song" (1974, by John Denver), "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" (1975, by John Denver), "Love Will Keep Us Together" (1975, by Captain & Tennille), "I'm Sorry"/"Calypso" (1975, by John Denver), and "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" (1976, by Diana Ross).Blaine's career declined considerably in the 1980s. In 2000 . Legendary session/studio drummer, used by music producer Phil Spector on virtually all of his famous Philles' Records "Wall of Sound" productions. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a sideman in 2000, inducted into the the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2010, and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.In 2019, Blaine died in Palm Desert, California, due to unspecified "natural causes". He was 90-years-old. Please reset your password. Hal Blaine may well be the most profilic drummer in rock and roll history. Visit us here:. Please try again later. [8] He began his professional career playing overnight sessions in Chicago strip clubs, which allowed him to practice and perfect his sight reading skills. Tommy Sands eventually married Nancy Sinatra, and that put me into the Sinatra clan and that whole Rat Pack type thing. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Hal never had good jazz chops [technique], Palmer wrote in his autobiography, but that dont make him not a hell of a drummer for what he did. If Hal Blaine had played drums only on Be My Baby, the E Street Bands Max Weinberg declared in his book on rocknroll drumming, his name would still be uttered with reverence and respect for the power of his big beat. 1 Hit The Wrecking Crew Drummer Played On", "Americanheritage.com The Wrecking Crew", "Modern Drummer's Readers Poll Archive, 19792014", "Tina Turner To Queen: 2018 Recording Academy Special Merit Awards", "Why Elvis Presley's Drummer Found His Friends 'Really Disturbing', https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hal_Blaine&oldid=1136495913, This page was last edited on 30 January 2023, at 16:22. She is one of the entertainment industry's, hardest working, female producers. The 1964 hit "Little Honda" by The Hondells was actually recorded by a group of studio musicians, including Glen Campbell on lead guitar and Blaine on drums. She is the recipient of the prestigious VIFFI President's Award in 2006 for her short film Stop (2005).Michelle continues to write, create and produce for television and film. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Close to You is the second studio album by American duo Carpenters, released on August 19, 1970.In 2003, the album was ranked number 175 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. Hal Blaine gives a thumbs up outside The Whiskey A Go-Go in Hollywood, Calif., Dec. 29, 2000. The stomping sound that punctuated Nancy Sinatras These Boots Are Made for Walking was his. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. All Marriage & Divorce results for Haley Blaine. Meanwhile, Blaine started performing professionally in Chicago strip clubs. An additional, Andy Johnson, told the Associated Press password code motto was TTMAR: Take money... 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