Rick Marotta

Richard Thomas Marotta (born January 7, 1948) is an American drummer and percussionist. He has appeared on recordings by leading artists such as Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Paul Simon, John Lennon, Hall & Oates, Stevie Nicks, Wynonna, Roy Orbison, Todd Rundgren, Roberta Flack, Peter Frampton, Quincy Jones, Jackson Browne, Al Kooper, Waylon Jennings, Randy Newman, Kenny G, The Jacksons, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Boz Scaggs, Warren Zevon, and Linda Ronstadt. He is also a composer who created music for the popular television shows ''Everybody Loves Raymond and Yes, Dear.

Biography
Marotta was born in New York City and taught himself to play drums at the age of nineteen. He was in a band called The Riverboat Soul Band; it released an album called Mess-up in 1968.

Marotta was the drummer for his own group in the early 1970s, the short-lived Brethren. Tom Cosgrove sang and played lead, Stu Woods played bass, and Mike Garson played keyboards. They released two albums; the first was the eponymous Brethren, which was mildly successful. The second, released as the band was crumbling, is nearly impossible to find. The band had a unique sound, a mixture of rock and country, with traces of jazz and influences from Dr. John, who wrote the album notes and the song "Loop Garoo" for them. Marotta has composed music for the television sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Yes, Dear. He made a guest appearance in the episode "Johnny and the Pace Makers" of the situation comedy Double Rush in 1995.

Marotta's brother, Jerry, is also a noted drummer and percussionist who has recorded and toured with Peter Gabriel.

Selected discography
With Peter Allen With Marty Balin With Karla Bonoff With Jackson Browne With Felix Cavaliere With Toni Childs With Linda Clifford With Shawn Colvin With Randy Crawford With Jim Croce With Crosby, Stills & Nash With Yvonne Elliman With Skip Ewing With Bryan Ferry With Dan Fogelberg With Aretha Franklin With Michael Franks With Dean Friedman With Art Garfunkel With Ellie Greenwich With Nanci Griffith With Henry Gross With Andrew Gold With Hall & Oates With Beth Hart With Donny Hathaway With Cissy Houston With The Jacksons With Garland Jeffreys With Rickie Lee Jones With Wynonna Judd With Robin Kenyatta With Chaka Khan With Al Kooper With Labelle With John Lennon With Ralph MacDonald With Herbie Mann With Eric Martin With Don McLean With Melanie With Bette Midler With Roxy Music With Randy Newman With Juice Newton With Laura Nyro With The Oak Ridge Boys With Yoko Ono With Dolly Parton With Annette Peacock With Bonnie Raitt With Linda Ronstadt With Diana Ross With Boz Scaggs With Janis Siegel With Carly Simon With Paul Simon With Phoebe Snow With J. D. Souther With Steely Dan With James Taylor With Livingston Taylor With John Tropea With Frankie Valli With Joe Walsh With Paul Williams With Edgar Winter With Warren Zevon
 * I Could Have Been a Sailor (A&M, 1979)
 * Lucky (EMI, 1983)
 * Restless Nights (Columbia, 1979)
 * Hold Out (Asylum, 1980)
 * Destiny (Bearsville, 1975)
 * Union (A&M, 1988)
 * House of Hope (A&M, 1991)
 * I'll Keep on Loving You (Capitol, 1982)
 * Steady On (Columbia Records, 1989)
 * Everything Must Change (Warner Bros., 1976)
 * Raw Silk (Warner Bros., 1979)
 * I Got a Name (ABC Records, 1973)
 * After the Storm (Columbia, 1994)
 * Yvonne Elliman (Decca, 1972)
 * The Coast of Colorado (MCA Records, 1988)
 * The Will to Love (MCA Records, 1989)
 * The Bride Stripped Bare (EG Records, 1978)
 * Exiles (Epic, 1987)
 * Let Me in Your Life (Atlantic, 1974)
 * Tiger in the Rain (Warner Bros., 1979)
 * One Bad Habit (Warner Bros., 1980)
 * Dean Friedman (Lifesong, 1977)
 * Scissors Cut (Columbia, 1981)
 * Let It Be Written, Let it Be Sung (Verve, 1973)
 * Little Love Affairs (MCA, 1988)
 * Show Me to the Stage (Lifesong, 1977)
 * Love Is the Stuff (Lifesong, 1978)
 * All This and Heaven Too (Asylum Records, 1977)
 * Whirlwind (Asylum Records, 1980)
 * Abandoned Luncheonette (Atlantic, 1973)
 * Fire on the Floor (Provogue, 2016)
 * Extension of a Man (Atco, 1973)
 * Cissy Houston (Private Stock, 1977)
 * Destiny (Epic, 1978)
 * Ghost Writer (A&M, 1977)
 * It's Like This (Artemis, 2000)
 * Wynonna (Curb, 1992)
 * Gypsy Man (Atlantic, 1973)
 * Chaka (Warner Bros., 1978)
 * Easy Does It (Columbia, 1970)
 * Moon Shadow (Warner Bros., 1972)
 * Mind Games (Apple, 1973)
 * Sound of a Drum (Marlin Records, 1976)
 * Surprises (Atlantic, 1976)
 * Brazil: Once Again (Atlantic, 1977)
 * Eric Martin (Capitol, 1985)
 * Playin' Favorites (United Artists, 1973)
 * Madrugada (Neighborhood, 1974)
 * Bette Midler (Atlantic, 1973)
 * Bathhouse Betty (Warner Bros, 1998)
 * Avalon (EG Records, 1982)
 * Little Criminals (Warner Bros., 1977)
 * Dirty Looks (Capitol, 1983)
 * Smile (Columbia, 1976)
 * Monongahela (MCA, 1988)
 * A Story (Rykkodisc, 1997)
 * Burlap & Satin (RCA, 1983)
 * I'm the One (RCA Victor, 1972)
 * X-Dreams (Aura, 1978)
 * The Glow (Warner Bros., 1979)
 * Simple Dreams (Asylum, 1977)
 * Get Closer (Asylum, 1982)
 * Silk Electric (RCA, 1982)
 * Middle Man (Columbia, 1980)
 * At Home (Atlantic, 1987)
 * Hotcakes (Elektra, 1974)
 * Spy (Elektra, 1979)
 * Come Upstairs (Elektra, 1980)
 * Torch (Warner Bros., 1981)
 * Hello Big Man (Warner Bros., 1983)
 * Letters Never Sent (Arista, 1994)
 * This Kind of Love (Hear Music, 2008)
 * There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Columbia, 1973)
 * Against the Grain (Columbia Records, 1978)
 * You're Only Lonely (Columbia Records, 1979)
 * The Royal Scam (ABC, 1976)
 * Aja (ABC, 1977)
 * Gaucho (MCA, 1980)
 * Walking Man (Warner Bros., 1974)
 * Dad Loves His Work (Columbia, 1981)
 * Over the Rainbow (Capricorn, 1973)
 * Tropea (Video Arts, 1975)
 * Short Trip to Space (Video Arts, 1977)
 * Touch You Again (Video Arts, 1979)
 * Closeup (Private Stock, 1975)
 * The Confessor (Warner Bros., 1985)
 * Just an Old Fashioned Love Song (A&M Records, 1971)
 * Jasmine Nightdreams (Blue Sky, 1975)
 * Excitable Boy (Asylum, 1978)
 * Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School (Elektra, 1980)
 * The Envoy (Asylum, 1982)