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Hal Blaine, an Uncommon card
Hal Blaine was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 64
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Hal Blaine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hal Blaine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His ______ is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one.
Answer
drumming. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one. From the Hal Blaine article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Blaine moved with his family to California in ____ and began playing jazz and big band music before taking up rock and roll session work.
Answer
1940s. Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Blaine moved with his family to California in 1944 and began playing jazz and big band music before taking up rock and roll session work. From the Hal Blaine article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one.
- Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Blaine moved with his family to California in 1944 and began playing jazz and big band music before taking up rock and roll session work.
- He became one of the regulars in Phil Spector's de facto house band, which Blaine nicknamed "the Wrecking Crew".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hal Blaine article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 64: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Hal Blaine
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hal Blaine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Howard Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
