Yogi Horton

Lawrence "Yogi" Horton (October 1, 1953 –June 8, 1987) was an American R&B, funk, jazz and rock drummer. Horton worked and recorded as a session and touring drummer with a wide variety of musicians such as Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Ashford & Simpson, David Byrne, Deborah Harry, Hall & Oates, Diana Ross, Kenny G, The B-52's, and Jean-Michel Jarre among numerous others. His first recording was on Dave "Baby" Cortez's 1972 album Soul Vibration.

Horton recorded an instructional videocassette in 1983, which was released by DCI. Titled "The History of R&B/Funk Drumming", it is considered to be "one of the first instructional type videos of its kind." The video is long out of print, but can still be viewed on YouTube as of March 2021.

Horton, who suffered from bipolar disorder, died on June 8, 1987, when he jumped from a 17th-floor hotel window in New York shortly after performing in a Luther Vandross concert. Was (Not Was) dedicated their 1988 album What Up, Dog? to Horton; he performed on the album and it was released after his death.

Discography
With Lonnie Liston Smith With Gloria Gaynor With Irene Cara With John Lennon and Yoko Ono With George Benson With Linda Clifford With Ben E. King With Cheryl Lynn With Aretha Franklin With Yoko Ono With Jean Michel Jarre
 * The Catherine Wheel (David Byrne, 1981)
 * Dreams of Tomorrow (Doctor Jazz, 1983)
 * Gloria Gaynor (Atlantic Records, 1982)
 * Anyone Can See (Network Records, 1982)
 * Milk and Honey (Geffen, 1984)
 * While the City Sleeps... (Warner Bros. Records, 1986)
 * I'll Keep on Loving You (Capitol, 1982)
 * Street Tough (Atlantic Records, 1981)
 * Instant Love (Columbia Records, 1982)
 * Preppie (Columbia Records, 1983)
 * Jump to It (Arista Records, 1982)
 * Get It Right (Arista Records, 1983)
 * Who's Zoomin' Who? (Arista Records, 1985)
 * Aretha (Arista Records, 1986)
 * Through the Storm (Arista Records, 1989)
 * It's Alright (I See Rainbows) (Polygram Records, 1982)


 * Zoolook (Disques Dreyfus, 1984)

With John Phillips With Stephanie Mills With Was (Not Was)
 * Pay Pack & Follow (Eagle Records, 2001)
 * Tantalizingly Hot (Casablanca Records, 1982)
 * If I Were Your Woman (MCA Records, 1987)


 * Born To Laugh At Tornadoes (Chrysalis Records, 1983)
 * What Up, Dog? (Chrysalis Records, 1988)