Bernard Purdie
Drums
| Label | Issue | Format | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hip-O Select | 1740772 | CD | James Brown | The Singles, Vol. 4: 1966-1967 |
| - | 1753671 | - | - | The Singles, Vol. 5: 1967-1969 |
| King | 6006 | single | Mickey & Sylvia | Love is strange / Darling / Darling (I miss you so) / Love is strange |
| - | 6035 | - | James Brown | It's a man's man's man's world / Is it yes or is it no |
| - | 6086 | - | James Brown & The Famous Flames | Stone fox / Kansas City |
| - | 6111 | - | James Brown | It won't be me / Mona Lisa |
| - | 6141 | - | James Brown & The Famous Flames | Just plain funk / I guess I'll have to cry, cry, cry |
| - | LP985 | LP | James Brown | It's a Man's Man's Man's World |
| - | LP1020 | - | James Brown and The Famous Flames | Cold Sweat |
| - | LP1031 | - | James Brown | I got the Feelin' |
| - | LP1038 | - | - | Thinking about Little Willie John and a few nice things |
| - | LP1047 | - | - | Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud |
| Polydor | 501 | |||
| - | LP5401 | - | - | - |
| - | 623017 | - | - | - |
| - | 643317 | - | - | - |
| - | 2343036 | LP | James Brown | Soul Brother No.1 |
| - | 27804 | EP | - | |
| - | 421158 | single | - | Fever / Stagger Lee |
| - | 421198 | - | - | Papa's got a brand new bag, pt.1 / It's a man's man's man's world |
| - | 421491 | - | - | Kansas City |
| - | 421495 | - | - | Papa's got a brand new bag, pt.1 / It's a man's man's man's world / It's a man's man's man's world / Papa's got a brand new bag |
| - | 657111 | LP | - | It's a man's man's man's world |
| - | 658184 | - | - | 1955-1970 |
| - | 942005 | EP | - | |
| - | 2673006 | - | ||
| Pye | 7N25371 | single | James Brown | It's a man's man's man's world / Is it yes or is it no |
| - | 7N25418 | - | - | Stone fox / Kansas City |
| Triumph | 2357004 | LP | - | Mr. Dynamite |
| - | 2458114 | - | - | Pop Music |
| Willow | 23002 | single | Mickey & Sylvia | Darling / Darling (I miss you so) / I'm guilty |
| - | 23004 | - | - | Since I fell for you / He gave me everything |
| - | 23006 | - | - | Love is strange / Love is strange / Walking in the rain |
| Leader | Site | Date | Session | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Brown | New York, NY | January 25, 1967 | [session] | drums |
| - | - | March, 1967 | [session] | - |
| - | - | April 5, 1967 | [session] | - |
| - | - | October 4, 1967 | [session] | - |
| - | - | June 27, 1968 | [session] | - |
| James Brown & The Famous Flames | - | March 30, 1966 | [session] | - |
| Mickey & Sylvia | - | 1961 | [session] | - |
| - | - | - | [session] | - |
| - | - | - | [session] | - |
| - | Unknown Location | - | [session] | - |
| - | New York, NY | - | [session] | - |
| Vicki Anderson | Unknown Location | Unknown Date | [session] | - |
| - | - | - | [session] | - |
Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, considered an influential R&B, soul, funk musician. He is known for his precise musical time keeping and his signature use of triplets against a half-time backbeat: the "Purdie Shuffle." He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.Purdie recorded Soul Drums (1968) as a band leader and although he went on to record Alexander's Ragtime Band, the album remained unreleased until Soul Drums was reissued on CD in 2009 with the Alexander's Ragtime Band sessions. Other solo albums include Purdie Good (1971), Soul Is ... Pretty Purdie (1972) and the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Lialeh (1973).
In the mid-1990s he was a member of The 3B's, with Bross Townsend and Bob Cunningham. Wikipedia