Sam Ranelli

{{Short description|American jazz drummer}}

Sam C. Ranelli (February 21, 1920 – December 30, 1999) was a professional big band jazz drummer from Birmingham, Alabama. Ranelli played with several famous big bands and eventually formed and lead his own big band. In 1982, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzhall.com/inductees/index.htm|title=Alabama Jazx Hall of Fame inductees|accessdate=2009-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403082241/http://www.jazzhall.com/inductees/index.htm|archive-date=2013-04-03|url-status=dead}}