# Old Timey Drum Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643 "2013-04-02T17:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/1 "2013-04-02T17:20:18Z")
I didn’t want to limit this thread by time period or artist qualifications or genre, so post a link to a YouTube (or similar) version of a favorite drums selection. I’ll start with not just [Preston Epps - Bongo rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBZJlVeEVeI) but also quite a few of the ones listed on the side of that page. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/2 "2013-04-02T18:10:56Z")
Most of that song is almost indistinguishable from “Wipe Out” by the Surfaris. Except with a better drum solo. How about Babtunde Olatunji’s [Drums of Passion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz00NZTSDY0)? Or Tito Puente’s “[Ti Mon Bo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWzRuhcCuw)” Now there’s some \*real \*drumming. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/3 "2013-04-02T18:14:44Z")
Here’s [Babaunde Olatunji](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMuA-E--aWU). (He first became famous in the 1960s but I didn’t see any stuff of that vintage on YouTube.) On edit: Agh! Ninja’d! OK, how about[M’Boom](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFmON7OGfDU)? Not really old-timey but… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/4 "2013-04-02T18:20:19Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Most of that song is almost indistinguishable from “Wipe Out” by the Surfaris. Except with a better drum solo. > > How about Babtunde Olatunji’s [Drums of Passion](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz00NZTSDY0)? Or Tito Puente’s “[Ti Mon Bo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWzRuhcCuw)” Now there’s some \*real \*drumming. > [@cjepson](#): > > Here’s [Babaunde Olatunji](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMuA-E--aWU). (He first became famous in the 1960s but I didn’t see any stuff of that vintage on YouTube.) Olatunji made me think of an old Art Blakey album (one of the first records I ever owned) that has some great stuff. A decent example is [Art Blakey- Ocalypso](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqCGc12Rog) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/5 "2013-04-02T19:04:05Z")
If by “old timey” you mean 50’s and 60’s, you must include the Les Baxter Orchestra, which featured the bongo in smooth instrumental jazz albums like [“The Soul Of The Drums”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FH02T8/ref=sr_1_album_467_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B004FH02X4&qid=1364929020&sr=1-467) or [“Skins!”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NL387K/ref=sr_1_album_267_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B003NKWCA0&qid=1364929374&sr=1-267). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/6 "2013-04-02T19:11:40Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > If by “old timey” you mean 50’s and 60’s, you must include the Les Baxter Orchestra, which featured the bongo in smooth instrumental jazz albums like [“The Soul Of The Drums”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004FH02T8/ref=sr_1_album_467_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B004FH02X4&qid=1364929020&sr=1-467) or [“Skins!”](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NL387K/ref=sr_1_album_267_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B003NKWCA0&qid=1364929374&sr=1-267). Those are some fine albums, as were others of his like _African Jazz_ and _Jungle Jazz_ and quite a few more. But I didn’t mean to limit the scope of “old timey” to just that period. Older or newer or from other parts of the world or whatever. Just as long as the drums are at least featured. And I suppose now is as good a time as any to mention [Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzpnWuk3RjU) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/7 "2013-11-25T23:35:47Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Olatunji made me think of an old Art Blakey album (one of the first records I ever owned) that has some great stuff. A decent example is [Art Blakey- Ocalypso](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoqCGc12Rog) Just this morning I heard a version of Oscalypso behind a cruise line commercial. Blast from the past. Fine drumming. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-timey-drum-music/654643/8 "2013-11-26T06:47:03Z")
Well, there was Sandy Nelson. His biggest hit was “Teen Beat,” but I actually liked his revisiting of this tune better: [Teen Beat '65](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UZuUudiSZY).