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Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers: Gip Calls Peppy Prince Best Drummer of Swing

J.T. Gipson, The California Eagle, 15 July 1948

ONE OF THESE days some enterprising person may decide to write the great American novel about swing music and its personalities. If that time ever comes, the name of Preston "Peppy" Prince will certainly be entitled to at least one big chapter. And if the character in the second row will put away his yo-yo for a minute and pull up a chair and siddown, I'll tell you a little about Preston "Peppy" Prince.

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