Charles Connor: Rock & Roll Innovator

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Channel: The Snapshots Foundation · 2015 · Music

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Charles Connor shares his history and drum innovations in this exclusive interview taped at D.G. Wills Books in La Jolla, CA. 

In 1957, drummer Charles Connor recorded his distinctive "Cho-Cho" 8-th note beat in Little Richard's 'Tutti Frutti.' The sound of modern music would be forever shaped by this shift to the 8th note rhythm.

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