Editing Drum machine (section)

=== Early preset drum machine users ===
A number of other preset drum machines were released in the 1970s, but early examples of the use can be found on [[The United States of America (band)|The United States of America]]'s eponymous album from 1967–8. The first major pop song to use a drum machine was "[[Saved by the Bell (song)|Saved by the Bell]]" by [[Robin Gibb]], which reached #2 in Britain in 1969. Drum machine tracks were also heavily used on the [[Sly & the Family Stone]] album ''[[There's a Riot Goin' On]]'', released in 1971. Sly & the Family Stone was the first group to have a number #1 pop single that used a drum machine: that single was "[[Family Affair (Sly and the Family Stone song)|Family Affair]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-sly-stone-drum-machine-tracks-20141105-column.html|title=New release gathers Sly Stone's drum machine tracks of '69-'70|first=Randall|last=Roberts|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

The German [[krautrock]] band [[Can (band)|Can]] also used a drum machine on their songs "[[Peking O]]" and "[[Spoon (Can song)|Spoon]]". The 1972 [[Timmy Thomas]] single "[[Why Can't We Live Together]]"/"Funky Me" featured a distinctive use of a drum machine and keyboard arrangement on both tracks. Another early example of electronic drums used by a rock band is ''[[Obscured by Clouds]]'' by [[Pink Floyd]] in 1972. The first album on which a drum machine produced all the percussion was [[Kingdom Come (British band)|Kingdom Come]]'s ''[[Journey (Kingdom Come album)|Journey]]'', recorded in November 1972 using a Bentley Rhythm Ace. French singer-songwriter [[Léo Ferré]] mixed a drum machine with a [[symphonic orchestra]] in the song "Je t'aimais bien, tu sais..." in his album ''[[L'Espoir (album)|L'Espoir]]'', released in 1974. [[Miles Davis]]' live band began to use a drum machine in 1974 (played by percussionist [[James Mtume]]), which can be heard on ''[[Dark Magus]]'' (1977). [[Osamu Kitajima]]'s [[Progressive rock|progressive]] [[psychedelic rock]] album ''[[Benzaiten]]'' (1974) also used drum machines.