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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Music Deaths: Hamilton Bohannon, Motown Drummer

 HAMILTON BOHANNON, 78

Died April 24, 2020

Drummer, bandleader.  Worked with many of the top Motown artists in the 1960s.   Became a leader in the 1970s Disco Music.

In 1964, he was a drummer with Stevie Wonder's touring band.  Moved to Detroit in 1967 and was employed by Motown and provided the backing bands on many of Motown's top artists when touring.  This included Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Temptations, Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Four Tops.


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