But recognition of his creative genius has been overshadowed by the manner in which he died on February 3, 1967, at the age of 37 – he committed suicide in his studio after shooting his landlady, Violet Shenton, dead. We couldn’t all have played on the hit version,” he laughs. “Clem Cattini [another in Mike Dolbear’s British Drumming Icons] said he played on Tom Jones’ ‘It’s Not Unusual’, but I know I was called to that session. I used to pull Clem’s leg about it. Unfortunately, Rippen's cheap-piano experiment did not work out and its Shannon operation went belly-up around 1971, dragging the inextricably bound Trixon down with it. With 70 percent of production machinery held in Shannon, Weimer could not continue in Hamburg, although he did offer parts and servicing for several years through his successful Music City store.

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Cattini has also worked extensively as a session musician, playing drums on recordings by artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, and Tom Jones. In 1965 he played percussion on the hit song “The Carnival is Over” by The Seekers. In 2000, Cattini was voted the best drummer of all time in a poll for Sky TV, beating off competition from Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, and John Bonham. Clem Cattini Performing Sheet music cover for 'Telstar' by The Tornados (Roger LaVern; Alan Caddy; Heinz Burt; George Bellamy; Clem Cattini) Alcohol affected Graham’s career just as a new generation of session drummers were making their way onto vinyl. But he’s been sober for 36 years, and despite the arthritis in his hands, is still playing whenever he gets an opportunity. a b c d e Larkin C., Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music, (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), ISBN 0-7535-0149-X, p.101 a b Bruce Eder (28 August 1939). "Clem Cattini | Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 27 July 2016.

That’s the one thing people write about me,” he says, possibly a bit weary of the fact that despite the wealth of hit songs, movie scores, television themes and jingles he played, one decision made in his early 20s is constantly raked over. https://media.blubrry.com/thestrangebrew/thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/clemcattini.mp3 Over the next two or three years I learned to read. In fact, the musical directors never bothered to write music for me. They would write out the bits and put “Bobby fill”. I also used headphones with the whole orchestra and vocals. Whenever the vocals stopped I put something in.” The BBC Four comedy program Don't Watch That, Watch This showed a dubbed footage of The Wombles from TOTP2, of the Wombles purportedly performing " Anarchy in the U.K." live in June 1988. The scrolling caption during the song read "During the early eighties the Wombles reformed as a funk soul fusion. But the project soon failed and the group disbanded, only to come together again as the Dixie Minstrel Wombles. In 1988 the original line up were reunited for the third time to record their version of this Sex Pistols classic.... for a Pot Noodle commercial. Later released as a single it reached 57 on the charts". [ citation needed] Although, and I’m not making this up, I can generally spot my style of playing. It’s like my signature. I was wrong about It’s Not Unusual, but not much else.

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Clem‘s estimated net worth, monthly and yearly salary, primary source of income, cars, lifestyle, and much more information have been updated below.And when I bought my first proper kit, that was it, I was into drumming and would never stop. My first kit was a right Heinz 57. It was from Ted Warren”s drum shop in Bow, London. It was a mixture of bits of everything. The Wombles were a British novelty pop group, featuring musicians dressed as the characters from the children's TV show The Wombles, which in turn was based on the children's book series by Elisabeth Beresford. Songwriter and record producer Mike Batt wrote and also performed many commercially successful singles and albums as 'The Wombles', including the TV series' theme tune. British Hit Singles & Albums jokingly referred to them as the "furriest (and possibly the tidiest) act... are natives of Wimbledon Common, London". In 2011, the band played at The Glastonbury Festival.