Don Gardner is an American

United States

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 rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 drummer

Drummer

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 and vocalist.

Born in Philadelphia, Gardner had formed his own group, the Sonotones, in 1953, but teamed up with Dee Dee Ford in the early 1960s to have his biggest successes. Their biggest hit was "I Need Your Lovin'," a Top 20 hit in 1962. It is a call-and-response

Call and response (music)

In music, a call and response is a succession of two distinct phrases usually played by different musicians, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or response to the first...

 classic in the mold of Ike

Ike Turner

Isaac Wister Turner was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. In a career that lasted more than half a century, his repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk...

 & Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

.

Gardner collaborated with other artists in the 1960s, including Baby Washington

Justine Washington

Justine "Baby" Washington is an American soul music vocalist.-Life and career:Washington was raised in Harlem, New York. In 1956, she joined the vocal group The Hearts, then became s a solo artist the following year. Washington had 16 rhythm and blues chart entries in 15 years, most of them during...

. However, after the success of "I Need Your Lovin" with Ford, several records

Gramophone record

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 followed with little success.

Compact discs

• Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford Quintet In Sweden (2 July 1996)
• I Need Your Lovin' (1995)
• Very Best Of Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford (26 October 1999)

as guest artist

• Patrick Stanfield Jones
  Patrick Stanfield Jones
  Patrick Stanfield Jones is a musician and singer-songwriter whose music is a mix of rock, jazz, and blues. He is a brother of transsexual jazz percussionist Koko Jones, and they have performed and recorded together. He has been a member of the touring casts of Jesus Christ Superstar and Oh,...
  
  - A Heart and an Open Road (2010)

External links

• Don Gardner discography via oldies.com
• Don Gardner discography via soulfulkindamusic.net