Larry Graham

1978)
Star Walk (Warner Bros. His biggest hit was "One in a Million You" a crossover hit which reached No. It is said that he pioneered the art of slap-pop playing on the electric bass in part to provide percussive and rhythmic elements in addition to the notes of the bass line when his mother's band lacked a drummer; the slap of the thumb being used to emulate a bass drum and the pop of the index or middle finger as a snare drum.

". Larry Graham Jr. (born August 14 1946) is an American bass guitar player both with the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station.