Clemente Anselmo Agustino Cattini (born 20 August 1937) is an English
rock and roll
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drummer of the late 1950s and 60s, who was a member of
The Tornados
The Tornados (The Tornadoes in North America) were an English instrumental rock group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits ...
before becoming well known for his work as a
session musician
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. He is one of the most prolific drummers in UK recording history, appearing on hundreds of recordings by artists as diverse as
Cliff Richard
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and
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan Reed (March 2, 1942October 27, 2013) was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo career that spanned five decades. ...
, and has featured on 42 different UK number one singles.
Biography
Born to Italian parents living in
Stoke Newington
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The ...
, North London, Cattini worked in his father's restaurant before deciding to pursue a career in music. He began as a drummer at
The 2i's Coffee Bar
The 2i's Coffee Bar was a coffeehouse at 59 Old Compton Street in Soho, London, that was open from 1956 to 1970. It played a formative role in the emergence of Britain's skiffle and rock and roll music culture in the late 1950s, and several maj ...
, backing performers such as
Terry Dene
Terry Dene (born Terence Williams, 20 December 1938) is a British rock music singer popular in the late 1950s and early 60s. He had three Top Twenty hits between June 1957 and May 1958.
Career
Dene was born in Lancaster Street, Elephant & Ca ...
, before joining the touring band known as the Beat Boys, backing singers managed by
Larry Parnes
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,
[Larkin C., ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music'', (Muze UK Ltd, 1997), , p.101] including
Marty Wilde
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and
Billy Fury
Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), better known as Billy Fury, was an English singer, musician, songwriter, and actor. An early star of rock and roll, he equalled the Beatles' record of 24 hits in the 1960s and spent 332 week ...
. He then joined
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates,
playing on their hit "
Shakin' All Over
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", and became
Joe Meek
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's in-house drummer, backing artists such as
John Leyton
John Dudley Leyton (born 17 February 1936) is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song "Johnny Remember Me" (written by Geoff Goddard and produced by Joe Meek), which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart ...
and
Don Charles, before helping found
The Tornados
The Tornados (The Tornadoes in North America) were an English instrumental rock group of the 1960s that acted as backing group for many of record producer Joe Meek's productions and also for singer Billy Fury. They enjoyed several chart hits ...
in 1961, and playing on their international No. 1 hit "
Telstar
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".
In 1965 he became a session musician,
drumming on tracks by
The Kinks
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,
Herman's Hermits
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,
Dusty Springfield
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,
The Merseys
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,
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees
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,
Lulu
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,
Marianne Faithfull
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,
Tom Jones,
P. J. Proby,
The Hollies
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and
Barry Ryan,
Gene Pitney
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Pitney charted 16 top-40 hits in the United States, four in the top ten. In the United Kingdom, he had 22 top-40 hit singles, inclu ...
,
Donovan
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,
Love Affair,
Jeff Beck
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,
Engelbert Humperdinck,
Nirvana
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,
the Ivy League,
Edison Lighthouse
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,
The Yardbirds
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,
The Family Dogg
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Marc Bolan
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Clodagh Rodgers
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Rodgers was born in Warrenpoint ...
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Keith West
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,
The Flower Pot Men
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,
Georgie Fame
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Roy Harper,
Ralph McTell
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Harmony Grass
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Joe Cocker
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Graham Gouldman
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Brian Auger
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.
In the 1970s, he played on recordings by
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Lou Reed
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,
Cliff Richard
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,
Justin Hayward
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Phil Everly
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Julie Covington
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Claire Hamill
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Alvin Stardust
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Bay City Rollers
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the Wombles
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Brotherhood of Man
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Carl Douglas
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,
Christie,
Tim Rose
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Demis Roussos
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The Goodies
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Stephanie de Sykes,
John Betjeman
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,
Malcolm and Alwyn
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,
John Schroeder,
Paul McCartney
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Hank Marvin
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,
Mike Batt
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Chris Spedding
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Bob Downes
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,
Dave Kelly,
Sweet Dreams,
Christopher Neil
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Evelyn Thomas
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Barbara Pennington
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Slapp Happy
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Mike Berry and
Grace Kennedy, and
prog rock
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bands including
Beggars Opera,
Amazing Blondel and
Edwards Hand
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.
Cattini has played on at least 42 UK number 1 singles,
including "Telstar",
Ken Dodd
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A life ...
's "
Tears
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",
Rolf Harris
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's "
Two Little Boys
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Clive Dunn
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's "
Grandad", "
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)
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" by
Benny Hill
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, "
Whispering Grass
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and
Don Estelle
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Peters and Lee
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's "
Welcome Home",
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J. J. Barrie
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No Charge
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Renée and Renato
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's "
Save Your Love", and "
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Tony Christie
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featuring
Peter Kay
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. He also played in the orchestra for
BBC TV
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's ''
Top of the Pops
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'', and toured with
Cliff Richard
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,
Roy Orbison
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Lynda Carter
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The Kids from "Fame"
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and many others. He was also considered for
Led Zeppelin
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– he was initially on
Jimmy Page
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's shortlist of drummers when forming the band before they settled on
John Bonham
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. He had earlier played alongside
John Paul Jones
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on
Donovan
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's
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single "
Hurdy Gurdy Man
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".
In the 1980s, he reactivated the Tornados' name for tours
and, in 1989, played in the West End run of ''
The Rocky Horror Show
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''.
He more recently recorded the drums for the track "No Tears to Cry" from
Paul Weller
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's 2010 album ''
Wake Up the Nation''. He was portrayed by
James Corden in the 2009 film ''
Telstar
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'', and appeared himself playing
John Leyton
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's chauffeur.
In 2016, he recorded a new version of the 1960s hit "Telstar", with the North London ska band the Skammers.
Clem Cattini's memoirs, ''My Life, Through the Eye of a Tornado'', was published in July 2019.
References
External links
Coda-uk.co.uk Biography*
Tornados and Clem Cattini information centre run by Tom Hammond2008 Radio Interview of WFMU2016 Newspaper article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cattini, Clem
1937 births
English drummers
British male drummers
Living people
English session musicians
People from Stoke Newington
English people of Italian descent
The Jeff Beck Group members
Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages members
Brian Auger and the Trinity members
The Ivy League (band) members
Johnny Kidd & the Pirates members
The Tornados members