Pretty Purdie Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul, funk and jazz musician. He is known for his precise 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... [more on Wikipedia]

Pretty Purdie began charting in 1967 with Funky Donkey.The artist placed 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.