Recently discovered after 52 years the photographs in this clip were taken at a drum marathon at the Top Ten club, Berwick Street, Soho, London in 1959.
Raye Du-Val took the non stop drumming record from Rory Blackwell by drumming for 30 hours 3 minutes 15 seconds and verified by National Jazz Federation. Later in 1959 Raye set a new record by playing for 82 hours 35 minutes 14 seconds and in 1960 became the first in the world to play for over 100 hours achieving 100 hours 1 minute 15 seconds.