For secret reasons I've been researching vibraphonists.
I've even made a play list.
In doing it I came across Emil Richards, a superb, exuberant musician and a legendary session player, a member of the Wrecking Crew.
And, in a fact worthy of one of Tom Whitwell's 52 Things lists, I discovered that Emil is responsible for three of the most memorable sounds of the 20th century: the finger clicks in The Addams Family theme, the bongos in Mission Impossible and the xylophone in the theme for The Simpsons.
That's some career.