Roy Harte
Roy S. Harte was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded "Drum City," a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Harte appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.
Selected discography
As leader
- ''Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland''
As sideman
- Bobby Sherwood
- Billie Rogers
- George Paxton
- Ike Carpenter
- Vido Musso
- Ziggy Elman
- Dave Pell
- Les Brown
- Nappy Lamare
- Shorty Rogers
- Herb Geller
- Laurindo Almeida - Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank
- Steve White
- Herbie Harper
- Bud Shank - Bud Shank - Shorty Rogers - Bill Perkins
- Bob Enevoldsen
- Harry Babasin
- Peggy Connelly
- The Nash Brothers
- Murray McEachern
- The Mastersounds
- Earl Grant
- Percussion Unabridged
- Frank Capp
- Del Bennett
- Jackie Kelso
- Jimmy Wyble
- John Banister
- Arnold Ross
- Frankie Avalon, ...And Now About Mr. Avalon
- Pat Boone, Great! Great! Great!
- Peggy Lee, Jump for Joy
- Randy Newman, ''12 Songs''