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Chris Whitten
British session drummer · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1959 · age 67
Chris Whitten is a British session drummer who provided drums for the hit singles "What I Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, "World Shut Your Mouth" by Julian Cope and "The Whole of the Moon" by the Waterboys.
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Two notable projects that Whitten was the drummer for were Paul McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt album in 1989, and Dire Straits' final world tour from 1991-1992 to accompany their last studio album, On Every Street. In Italy he is well known for playing drums with Francesco De Gregori on some tracks of the album Titanic (1982), on the eponymous album of Riccardo Cocciante, on the album Yaya of Nino Buonocore and on the 45-rpm single Uno su mille of Gianni Morandi. Whitten was also a member of the Catch, with Don Snow.
