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Some key pannists are missing from the list: Rudy Smith Robert Greenidge Earl Rodney Ken "Professor" Philmore Annise Hadeed Ron Reid Garvin Blake Nkr8 (talk) 15:20, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For many years now there have been attempts to use the steelpan in various contexts other than those with which it is stereotypically associated.^{[citation needed]} The first known use of steelband in a theatrical performance (outside of Trinidad and Tobago) was in Harold Arlen's 1954 Broadway musical House of Flowers, in which Enid Mosier's Trinidad Steel Band performed in several songs. British composer Daphne Oram was the first composer to electronically manipulate the sound of the steelpan after recording a band (probably Russell Henderson's Steelband) in 1960.^[1] The first use of pan in a commercial pop record was by The Hollies in 1967 with "Carrie Anne".^[2] Loggins and Messina feature steel drums on the song "Vahevala" from their 1971 album Sittin' In.^[3]

References

1. ^ Wee Also Have Sound Houses; BBC Radio 3; Sunday Feature; 3 July 2008.
2. ^ Thomas; Forty Years of Steel; p.56.
3. ^ "Sittin' In - Loggins & Messina | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

This section is written from a white gaze and assumes that the things that matter are the things that happen outside of TT. Statements like The first known use of steelband in a theatrical performance (outside of Trinidad and Tobago) make this very clear. It's pretty much a collection of "the first white people to do x with pan" anecdotes. As things stand in the article, I don't think this belongs. Guettarda (talk) 00:18, 23 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]