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don philadelphia in 2012 . gardner at the clef club of jazz in philadelphia non_vocal_instrumentalist 9 may 1931 rhythm and blues don gardner.jpg don gardner
 don gardner drummer , vocalist
don gardner

don gardner -lrb- born may 9 , 1931 -rrb- is an american rhythm and blues drummer and vocalist .
born in philadelphia , gardner started out as a professional musician in 1947 while still at school .
by 1953 gardner had formed his own group , the sonotones , 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 classic in the mold of ike & tina turner .
between 1964 and 1965 the don garner quintet with dee dee ford were based in sweden where they released three live albums including one fronted by freda payne .
gardner collaborated with other artists in the 1960s and 70s , including recording albums with baby washington and freda payne .
however , the success of `` i need your lovin '' with dee dee ford , was not repeated although garner continued to issue records until the mid 70s .
thereafter he has continued to work as a jazz musician to the mid 2010 's .
gardner has been part of the management of the clef club of jazz in philadelphia since 1985 .
