Charley Drayton - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!

Explore Charley Drayton net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Drayton was an early child prodigy who made records as a drummer when he was age eight, and started touring professionally at age 14. Drayton was born in Brooklyn, New York City to an illustrious family: his grandpa, Charles H. “Charlie” Drayton (1919-1953), an accomplished bassist, played and recorded with numerous jazz greats, such as Benny Carter, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Woody Herman, Jack Teagarden, Louis Armstrong as well as Fletcher Henderson. His father Bernard (“Bernie”) Drayton, was a popular Studio audio engineer as well as a producer. Bernard worked as the sound engineer on John Coltrane’s final record, The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording. In this article, we will discover how old is Charley Drayton? Who is Charley Drayton dating now & how much money does Charley Drayton have?

Charley Drayton Biography

Charley Drayton is one of the most popular and richest Session Musician who was born on May 9, 1965 in New York, United States. Drayton was the drummer on four tracks from The B-52’s album from 1989, Cosmic Thing, including the singles “Channel Z” and “Love Shack”. The other track, however, Zack Alford, who later toured with The B-52 playing drums, was featured in the video for both songs.

Drayton played with Australian rock band Divinyls from 1991–2008. He married Divinyls frontwoman Chrissy Amphlett on July 27, 1999. Amphlett died on April 21, 2013, after a long battle with breast cancer.

In 2008 and 2009 he recorded and toured with Paul Simon. In 2010 he toured with Simon & Garfunkel. Paul Simon said “Charley’s the heart of the band and I’m very grateful that I have him. He comes in prepared, real serious and he’s a delight. He’s an all around great musician and a fine, fine drummer.”

Drayton played bass guitar along with Neil Young on the September 30th 1989 Saturday Night Live performance of “Rockin’ in the Free World”

As of 1985, Drayton played percussion on Rolling Stones’ album Dirty Work that resulted in Keith Richards to ask him to join as a founding member of his own project X-pensive Winos beginning in the year 1987. In his role as bass player, Drayton performed and recorded alongside Richards as well as the Winos from December 1992 onwards, and also played for their records Talk Is Cheap and Main Offender and also on Live album as well as the live video in the Hollywood Palladium, December 15 1988. Richards says that Drayton as being one of his favorite drummers.

He played bass guitar on The Cult’s 1991 album Ceremony.

Charley Drayton Net Worth

Charley is one of the richest Session Musician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Charley Drayton's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Charles Leslie Drayton (born May 9, 1965) is an American multi-instrumentalist and producer, known primarily as a drummer. Some of the artists he played or recorded with are Keith Richards, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Johnny Cash, Chaka Khan, Mariah Carey, Seal, Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Janet Jackson, Courtney Love, Michelle Branch, Andres Calamaro, Hiram Bullock and many more.

He played drums on two albums for Australian band Divinyls: 1991’s Divinyls and 1996’s Underworld (which he also produced), the band’s last album before their hiatus in late 1996. In 1999, Drayton married Divinyls’ lead singer Chrissy Amphlett and the couple lived in New York City. In 2007, Divinyls reformed and Drayton played drums in their touring band and in their new recording sessions, also producing the band’s new album. Amphlett died of complications from breast cancer and multiple sclerosis on April 21, 2013.

In 2015 he played drums on French chart topper Johnny Hallyday’s album De L’Amour, as well as on the number two charting album by Japanese artist Kazuyoshi Saito.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Drayton co-produced and played various instruments on Fiona Apple’s album The Idler Wheel…, released in June 2012.

Who is Charley Drayton Dating?

According to our records, Charley Drayton married to Chrissy Amphlett . As of January 13, 2024, Charley Drayton’s is not dating anyone.

In 2017 Drayton was on a world wide tour playing drums with Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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He has been recording and touring with Australian rock band Cold Chisel since 2011, following the death of original drummer Steve Prestwich

Facts & Trivia

Charley Ranked on the list of most popular Session Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Charley Drayton celebrates birthday on May 9 of every year.

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