Terry Snyder

jazz, lounge, instrumental, easy listening, space age pop

Born 1916. One of the leading percussionists of the SABPM era, Terry Snyder worked with Bert Block's studio groups, the Bert Block Orchestra, a standard big band, and the Bell Music Orchestra, which anticipated the SABPM era with its arrangements for celesta, bells, and drums. He became a featured player on New York City radio station WNEW in 1940. Snyder was Perry Como's favorite drummer, and he worked with Como on recordings, radio, and television from the late 1940s until his death.