Charles Connor, Drummer for Little Richard and Sam Cooke, Dead at 86

Early rock & roll drummer Charles Connor - who played with Little Richard, Sam Cooke, and James Brown in the Fifties - died in his home in Glendale, California, after a battle with the brain disorder normal pressure hydrocephalus. He was 86.

"He was one of those drummers that was a bricklayer of creating that rock & roll genre," his daughter, Queenie Connor Sonnefeld, told the Associated Press. "He played behind so many legendary musicians in the Fifties. He was a loving grandfather and was very proud of his family and took a lot of pride in his contributions to rock & roll."



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