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Pauline Braddy

1922–1996

United States

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Pauline Braddy Williams (February 14, 1922 – January 28, 1996) was an American jazz drummer. She drummed with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an integrated, all-female swing band, from 1939 to 1955. An African-American, she was known as "Queen of the Drums".

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