Editing Drum machine (section)

=== Wurlitzer Side Man (1959) ===
[[File:Wurlitzer Sideman drum machine (inside) front view.jpg|thumb|upright|Wurlitzer Side Man (1959, inner view)]]
In 1959, [[Wurlitzer]] released the Side Man, which generates sounds mechanically by a rotating disc, similar to a [[music box]].<ref name="Wilson-2016"/> A slider controls the tempo (between 34 and 150 beats per minute). Sounds can also be triggered individually through buttons on a control panel. The Side Man was a success and drew criticism from the American Federation of Musicians, which ruled in 1961 that its local jurisdictions could not prohibit Side Man use, though it could not be used for dancing.<ref>"Wurlitzer Congratulates the AFM on its Progressive Ruling on the Wurlitzer Side Man." Down Beat, 27 April 1961.</ref> Wurlitzer ceased production of the Side Man in 1969.<ref name="Wilson-2016" />