 Jimmy Smith's use of the Hammond B-3, with its additional harmonic percussion feature, inspired a generation of organ players, and its use became more widespread in the 1960s and 1970s in rhythm and blues, rock, reggae, and progressive rock.In the 1970s, the Hammond Organ Company abandoned tonewheels and switched to integrated circuits.These organs were less popular, and the company went out of business in 1985.