| Intro | Jazz drummer, jazz record label founder |
| Was | Jazz musician |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Music |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 27 May 1924, New York City |
| Death |
26 October 2003, Burbank (aged 79 years) |
Roy S. Harte (May 27, 1924 – October 26, 2003) was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded “Drum City,” a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. Haynes appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.
Selected discography
As leader
- Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland, World-Pacific Records (1961)
As sideman
- Bobby Sherwood
- Billie Rogers
- George Paxton
- Ike Carpenter
- Vido Musso
- Ziggy Elman
- Dave Pell
- Les Brown
- Nappy Lamare
- Shorty Rogers
- Randy Newman
- Herb Geller
- Laurindo Almeida – Laurindo Almeida Quartet Featuring Bud Shank (Pacific Jazz, 1953-54)
- Steve White
- Herbie Harper
- Bud Shank – Bud Shank – Shorty Rogers – Bill Perkins (Pacific Jazz, 1955)
- Bob Enevoldsen
- Harry Babasin
- Peggy Connelly
- The Nash Brothers (Dick & Ted)
- Murray McEachern
- The Mastersounds
- Earl Grant
- Percussion Unabridged
- Frank Capp
- Del Bennett
- Jackie Kelso
- Jimmy Wyble
- John Banister
- Arnold Ross
- Willie Nelson