found: Turner, J. "Life ain't easy" [SR] p1983:container (Earl Palmer, drums)
found: Scherman, T. Backbeat, c1999:t.p. (Earl Palmer) p. 2 (b. Oct. 25, 1924, New Orleans)
found: New York times WWW site, Sept. 22, 2008(Earl Palmer; b. 1924, New Orleans; d. Friday [Sept. 19, 2008], Los Angeles, aged 84; session drummer whose pioneering backbeats were recorded on classics like Little Richard's Tutti frutti and the Righteous Brothers' You've lost that lovin' feelin')
found: Oxford music online, May 17, 2017:New Grove dictionary of jazz, 2nd edition (Palmer, Earl (C., Sr.); born October 25, 1924, New Orleans; died September 19, 2008, Banning, CA; American drummer; from childhood, he performed in vaudeville as a singer and dancer, touring widely with Ida Cox, among others; took up drums around 1947 and became involved in the groundbreaking rhythm-and-blues style that was emerging at the time in New Orleans; also performed as a jazz drummer) Grove dictionary of American music, 2nd edition (Palmer, Earl (Cyril); born October 25, 1924, New Orleans, LA; died September 19, 2008, Banning, CA; American drummer; moved to Los Angeles in 1957, where he worked as a session drummer, as well as a regular, for Aladdin Records; worked with early rock and roll stars, popular singers, and jazz performers)
found: Wikipedia, May 17, 2017(Earl Palmer; Earl Cyril Palmer; born October 25, 1924, New Orleans, Louisiana; died September 19, 2008, Banning, California; American rock-and-roll and rhythm-and-blues drummer)