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🎶 "Snake Charmer" · Viola Smith Drums with Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes (1939) #female #BigBand #ViolaSmith #drummer #HappyNewYear #FelizAño #2023 🥂🖤
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Frankie ✅ · @Some_Emo_Chick
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Pioneering drummer Viola Smith has died, aged 107.
Viola was a groundbreaking swing, big band and symphonic drummer, often credited as the inspiration for Louie Bellson's use of double-bass drums - as well as becoming the first female drummers in popular music. Viola died on October 21.
#music #history #women #ViolaSmith