Richard Thomas Marotta (born January 7, 1948) is an American drummer and percussionist. He has appeared on recordings by leading artists such as

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, Wynonna,

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, and

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. He is also a composer who created music for the popular television shows ''

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and Yes, Dear.

Biography

Marotta was born in

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and taught himself to play drums at the age of nineteen. He was in a band called The Riverboat Soul Band; it released an album called ''Mess-up'' in 1968. Marotta was the drummer for his own group in the early 1970s, the short-lived Brethren. Tom Cosgrove sang and played lead, Stu Woods played bass, and Mike Garson played keyboards. They released two albums; the first was the eponymous ''Brethren'', which was mildly successful. The second, released as the band was crumbling, is nearly impossible to find. The band had a unique sound, a mixture of rock and country, with traces of jazz and influences from Dr. John, who wrote the album notes and the song "Loop Garoo" for them. Marotta has composed music for the television sitcoms ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' and ''Yes, Dear''. He made a guest appearance in the episode "Johnny and the Pace Makers" of the

situation comedy A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ...

'' Double Rush'' in 1995.tv.com ''Double Rush'' "Johnny and the Pacemakers" Episode Cast & Crew Accessed June 5, 2021
/ref> Marotta's brother, Jerry, is also a noted drummer and percussionist who has recorded and toured with

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Selected discography

With Peter Allen * '' I Could Have Been a Sailor'' (A&M, 1979) With Ashford & Simpson * ''So So Satisfied'' (Warner Bros., 1977) With

Marty Balin Martyn Jerel Buchwald (January 30, 1942 – September 27, 2018), known as Marty Balin (), was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Early life Balin was born Martyn Je ...

* '' Lucky'' (EMI, 1983) With Karla Bonoff * '' Restless Nights'' (Columbia, 1979) With

* '' Hold Out'' (Asylum, 1980) With

Felix Cavaliere Felix Cavaliere (born November 29, 1942) is an American musician. He is best known for being the co-lead vocalist and keyboard player for The Young Rascals. Although he was a member of Joey Dee and the Starliters, known for their hit " Pepperm ...

* ''Destiny'' (Bearsville, 1975) With Toni Childs * '' Union'' (A&M, 1988) * '' House of Hope'' (A&M, 1991) With

Gene Clark Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writing most of the band's best ...

* ''Firebyrd'' (Takoma, 1984) With

Linda Clifford Linda Clifford (born June 14, 1948) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B, disco and house music singer who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water (song), Bridge over ...

* ''I'll Keep on Loving You'' (Capitol, 1982) With

Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home". Early life Colvin was born Shawna Lee Colvin in Vermillion, South Dakota, and ...

* '' Steady On'' (Columbia Records, 1989) With

Randy Crawford Veronica "Randy" Crawford (born February 18, 1952) is an American retired jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a solo artist. However, sh ...

* '' Everything Must Change'' (Warner Bros., 1976) * ''Raw Silk'' (Warner Bros., 1979) With

Jim Croce James Joseph Croce (; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American Folk music, folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of o ...

* '' I Got a Name'' (ABC Records, 1973) With

* '' After the Storm'' (Columbia, 1994) With

Yvonne Elliman Yvonne Marianne Elliman (born December 29, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of the stage musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. She scored a number of hits in the 1970s and achieved ...

* ''

'' (Decca, 1972) With Skip Ewing * '' The Coast of Colorado'' (MCA Records, 1988) * '' The Will to Love'' (MCA Records, 1989) With

Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945) is an English singer and songwriter. He became known as the frontman of the band Roxy Music and also launched a solo career. His voice has been described as an "elegant, seductive croon". He also established ...

* '' The Bride Stripped Bare'' (EG Records, 1978) With

Dan Fogelberg Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist widely known for his 1970s and 1980s soft rock hits, including " Longer" (1979), " Same Old Lang Syne" (1981), and " ...

* '' Exiles'' (Epic, 1987) With

* '' Let Me in Your Life'' (Atlantic, 1974) With Michael Franks * '' Tiger in the Rain'' (Warner Bros., 1979) * '' One Bad Habit'' (Warner Bros., 1980) With

Dean Friedman Dean Friedman (born May 23, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter who plays piano, keyboard, guitar, and harmonica. Although considered a one-hit wonder in the US, he has had multiple singles chart in other territories and continues to write, ...

* ''Dean Friedman'' (Lifesong, 1977) With

Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainte ...

* '' Scissors Cut'' (Columbia, 1981) With

Ellie Greenwich Eleanor Louise Greenwich (October 23, 1940 – August 26, 2009) was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Da Doo Ron Ron", " Be My Baby", " Maybe I Know", " Then He Kissed Me", " Do Wah Diddy Did ...

* ''Let It Be Written, Let it Be Sung'' (Verve, 1973) With

Nanci Griffith Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She often appeared on the PBS music program ''Austin City Limits'', starting in 1985 during season 10. In 1990, Griffith appeared on th ...

* '' Little Love Affairs'' (MCA, 1988) With

Henry Gross Henry Gross (born April 1, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his association with the group Sha Na Na and for his hit record, hit song, "Shannon (song), Shannon". Gross is considered a one-hit wonder artist; none of his ot ...

* ''Show Me to the Stage'' (Lifesong, 1977) * ''Love Is the Stuff'' (Lifesong, 1978) With Andrew Gold * '' All This and Heaven Too'' (Asylum Records, 1977) * ''

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'' (Asylum Records, 1980) With

* '' Abandoned Luncheonette'' (Atlantic, 1973) With

Beth Hart Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American musician from Los Angeles, California. She rose to fame with the release of her 1999 single "LA Song (Out of This Town)" from her second album ''Screamin' for My Supper''. The single was a number ...

* ''

Fire on the Floor ''Fire on the Floor'' is the eighth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Beth Hart. It was released on October 14, 2016 in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and February 3, 2017 in the rest of the world. Hart wrote and recorded the ...

'' (Provogue, 2016) With

Donny Hathaway Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who ''Rolling Stone'' described as a "soul legend". His most popular songs include " The Ghetto" ...

* '' Extension of a Man'' (Atco, 1973) With Cissy Houston * '' Cissy Houston'' (Private Stock, 1977) With

* ''

Destiny Destiny, sometimes also called fate (), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often used interchangeably, the words ''fate'' and ''destiny'' ...

'' (Epic, 1978) With

Garland Jeffreys Garland Jeffreys (born June 29, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter in rock and roll, reggae, blues, and soul music. Career Jeffreys is from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, of African American and Puerto Rican heritage. He majored in art histo ...

* ''

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'' (A&M, 1977) With

Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. Over the course of a career that spans five decades and 15 studio albums, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, an ...

* '' It's Like This'' (Artemis, 2000) With Wynonna Judd * '' Wynonna'' (Curb, 1992) With

Robin Kenyatta Robin Kenyatta (March 6, 1942 – October 26, 2004) was an American jazz alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. Early life Born Robert Prince Haynes in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Kenyatta grew up in New York City and began playing the saxophone a ...

* '' Gypsy Man'' (Atlantic, 1973) With

Chaka Khan Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( ), is an American singer. Known as the " Queen of Funk", her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of ...

* '' Chaka'' (Warner Bros., 1978) With

* '' Easy Does It'' (Columbia, 1970) With

Labelle Labelle was an American funk rock band that originated out of the Blue Belles, a girl group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s. The original group was formed after the disbanding of two rival girl groups in the area around ...

* '' Moon Shadow'' (Warner Bros., 1972) With

* ''

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'' (Apple, 1973) With

Ralph MacDonald Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was an American percussionist, steelpan virtuoso, songwriter, musical arranger, and record producer. His compositions include " Where Is the Love", a Grammy Award winner for the due ...

* ''Sound of a Drum'' (Marlin Records, 1976) With

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz Flute, flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet ...

* '' Surprises'' (Atlantic, 1976) * '' Brazil: Once Again'' (Atlantic, 1977) With Eric Martin * ''Eric Martin'' (Capitol, 1985) With

Don McLean Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known as the "American Troubadour" or "King of the Trail", he is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie (song), American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minut ...

* ''

Playin' Favorites ''Playin' Favorites'' is the fourth studio album by United States, American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1973. It was re-issued by BGO Records in 1995. Track listing Side A #"Sitting on Top of the World" (Bo Carter, Little Walter ...

'' (United Artists, 1973) With

Van McCoy Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and singer. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful hit " The Hustle". He has approximately 700 song copyrights to his c ...

* ''Love Is the Answer'' (Avco, 1974) * '' Disco Baby'' (Avco, 1975) * ''The Disco Kid'' (Avco, 1975) With

Melanie Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek language, Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".Madrugada'' (Neighborhood, 1974) With

Bette Midler Bette Midler ( ;''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her five-decade career Midler has received List of awards and nominations received by Bette Midler, numero ...

* ''

'' (Atlantic, 1973) * '' Bathhouse Betty'' (Warner Bros., 1998) With

Roxy Music Roxy Music are an English rock music, rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry (lead vocals/keyboards/principal songwriter) and Graham Simpson (musician), Graham Simpson (bass). By the time the band recorded their Roxy Music (album), first albu ...

* ''

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'' (EG Records, 1982) With

* '' Little Criminals'' (Warner Bros., 1977) With

Juice Newton Juice Newton (born Judith Kay Newton; February 18, 1952) is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categorieswinning once in 198 ...

* '' Dirty Looks'' (Capitol, 1983) With

Laura Nyro Laura Nyro ( ; born Laura Nigro; October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums ''Eli and the Thirteenth Confession'' (1968) and ''Ne ...

* ''

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'' (Columbia, 1976) With

The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American vocal quartet. The classic and most well-known lineup of the group, which performed together for over 40 years, consisted of William Lee Golden (baritone), Duane Allen (lead), Richard Sterban (bass), and Joe ...

* '' Monongahela'' (MCA, 1988) With

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono (, usually spelled in katakana as ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York ...

* ''

A Story ''A Story'' is an album by Yoko Ono, recorded in 1974, during the "lost weekend" sessions in which John Lennon produced '' Walls and Bridges''. It was unreleased until the 1992 box set '' Onobox'', which featured material from ''A Story'' on ...

'' (Rykkodisc, 1997) With

Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily as a country music, country musician. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton's debut album ...

* '' Burlap & Satin'' (RCA, 1983) With

Annette Peacock Annette Peacock (born 1941) is an American composer, musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger. She is a pioneer in electronic music who combined her voice with one of the first Moog synthesizers in the late 1960s. Biography Annette Peacock ...

* '' I'm the One'' (RCA Victor, 1972) * '' X-Dreams'' (Aura, 1978) With

Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her Bonnie Raitt (album), self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed Americana (mu ...

* '' The Glow'' (Warner Bros., 1979) With Ray Repp * ''Hear the Cryin'' (Myrrh, 1972) With

* '' Simple Dreams'' (Asylum, 1977) * '' Get Closer'' (Asylum, 1982) With

Diana Ross Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown#Major divisions, Motown's most suc ...

* '' Silk Electric'' (RCA, 1982) With

* '' Middle Man'' (Columbia, 1980) With

Janis Siegel Janis Siegel (born July 23, 1952) is a multiple grammy-winning American jazz singer, best known as a member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. Musical career In 1965, Siegel made her recording debut with a group called Young Generation ...

* ''At Home'' (Atlantic, 1987) With

* '' Hotcakes'' (Elektra, 1974) * '' Spy'' (Elektra, 1979) * ''

Come Upstairs ''Come Upstairs'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Warner Bros. Records on June 16, 1980. It was the first of her three albums for Warner Bros. and it has a harder, more rock-oriented sound than ...

'' (Elektra, 1980) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros., 1981) * '' Hello Big Man'' (Warner Bros., 1983) * '' Letters Never Sent'' (Arista, 1994) * '' This Kind of Love'' (Hear Music, 2008) With Lucy Simon * ''Lucy Simon'' (RCA Victor, 1975) With

* '' There Goes Rhymin' Simon'' (Columbia, 1973) With

Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals on Paul Simo ...

* '' Against the Grain'' (Columbia Records, 1978) With JD Souther * '' You're Only Lonely'' (Columbia Records, 1979) With

* '' The Royal Scam'' (ABC, 1976) * '' Aja'' (ABC, 1977) * ''

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'' (MCA, 1980) With Howard Tate * ''Howard Tate'' (Atlantic, 1972) With

* '' Walking Man'' (Warner Bros., 1974) * ''

Dad Loves His Work ''Dad Loves His Work'' is the tenth studio album by James Taylor, released in 1981. The album includes the duet with JD Souther titled " Her Town Too", which peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 5 on the ''Billboard'' Adul ...

'' (Columbia, 1981) With Livingston Taylor * ''

Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film '' The Wizard of Oz'', in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role ...

'' (Capricorn, 1973) With

John Tropea John Tropea (pronounced 'tro-pay'; born January 7, 1946) is an American jazz guitarist and composer. Career Tropea began guitar studies at the age of 12. His musical education continued at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied jaz ...

* ''Tropea'' (Video Arts, 1975) * ''Short Trip to Space'' (Video Arts, 1977) * ''Touch You Again'' (Video Arts, 1979) With

Frankie Valli Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer and occasional actor, best known as the frontman (lead singer) of The Four Seasons (band), the Four Seasons. He is known for ...

* '' Closeup'' (Private Stock, 1975) With

Joe Walsh Joseph Fidler Walsh (born Joseph Woodward Fidler; November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Best known as a member of the rock band Eagles (band), Eagles, his five-decade career includes solo work and stints in other ...

* '' The Confessor'' (Warner Bros., 1985) With

Larry Weiss Laurence D. "Larry" Weiss (born March 25, 1941) is an American songwriter and musician. He wrote " Rhinestone Cowboy", a US no.1 hit for Glen Campbell in 1975; and co-wrote " Bend Me, Shape Me", " Hi Ho Silver Lining" and several other internatio ...

* ''Black & Blue Suite'' (20th Century Records, 1974) With Paul Williams * '' Just an Old Fashioned Love Song'' (A&M Records, 1971) With

Edgar Winter Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American multi-instrumentalist, working as a vocalist along with playing keyboards, saxophone, and percussion. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group and their pop ...

* '' Jasmine Nightdreams'' (Blue Sky, 1975) With

* '' Excitable Boy'' (Asylum, 1978) * '' Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School'' (Elektra, 1980) * '' The Envoy'' (Asylum, 1982)

References

External links

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Rick Marotta Interview
at NAMM Oral History Collection (2008) {{DEFAULTSORT:Marotta, Rick 1948 births Living people American session musicians American people of Italian descent American rock drummers American jazz drummers 20th-century American drummers American male drummers American male jazz musicians 20th-century American male musicians Drummers from New York City