Drums of Passion is an album produced by Babatunde Olatunji, a percussionist from Nigeria, in 1960.

It was the first recording to popularize African music in the West,[3] becoming immensely successful and selling over five million copies.

[5] This was the most popular song on the album, and it sold millions of copies as a single.

[8] Although the album featured songs and rhythms from Africa, all of the musicians, except Olatunji himself, were born and raised in the Americas.

The Derby sisters, who formed the core of the group of dancers and drummers, were responsible for recruiting many of the original members of the group and thus played a key role in picking the personnel for this album.