Ray Cooper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ray Cooper

British musician

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1942

Place of Birth: Watford, England, United Kingdom

Profession: drummer, musician, percussionist, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Raymond Cooper (born 19 September 1947) is an English musician.
He is a session and road-tour percussionist, and occasional actor, who has worked with several musically diverse bands and artists including George Harrison, Billy Joel, Rick Wakeman, Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd and Elton John.
Cooper absorbed the influence of rock drummers from the 1960s and 1970s such as Ginger Baker, Carmine Appice, and John Bonham.
Incorporation of unusual instruments (for rock drummers of the time) such as cowbells, glockenspiel, and tubular bells, along with several standard kit elements, helped create a highly varied setup. Continually modified to this day, Cooper's percussion set offers an enormous array of percussion instruments for sonic diversity such as the tambourine, congas, crash cymbals, cowbells, roto toms, tubular bells, the gong, snare and timpani.