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WordGirl is an animated superhero children's television series created by Dorothea Gillim. Soup2Nuts produced the series, which is presented by PBS Kids. The series originally aired as short segments known as The Amazing Colossal Adventures of WordGirl from November 10, 2006 until October 10, 2007. The series aired from September 3, 2007 to ...
The band released two albums, 1973's Bongo Rock, and 1974's Return of the Incredible Bongo Band. [1] The instrumental "Bongo Rock", co-written by Art Laboe and Preston Epps and released by Epps as a Top 40 hit in 1959, was covered by the Incredible Bongo Band (shown as "Bongo Rock '73" on the album), and became a minor US hit for them in 1973, and a substantial hit in Canada (#20).
Bongo Rock is the debut studio album by Incredible Bongo Band, released in 1973. [2] It peaked at number 197 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. [ 3 ] It includes the band's version of the Jerry Lordan -written song " Apache ".
Gordon was the drummer on the Incredible Bongo Band's album Bongo Rock, released in 1972, and his drum break on the LP version of "Apache" has been frequently sampled by rap music artists. [6] He recorded with Frank Zappa, including on the title track of the 1974 album Apostrophe (').
"Bongo Rock" is a rock and roll instrumental recorded by Preston Epps, written by Epps and Arthur Egnoian. [1] Released as a single in 1959, it charted #14 Pop in the United States, [2] and #4 in Canada. [3] It was included in Epps' 1960 album Bongo Bongo Bongo. [4] The Surfaris' 1963 hit single "Wipe Out" was based on this song. [5]
Epps was born in Mangum, Oklahoma.He learned to play percussion instruments, including the bongos, while he was stationed in Okinawa during the Korean War.After his tour of duty he settled in Southern California, playing in coffee shops and working odd jobs. [1]
Theodore McCallister III's mom, Claire McCallister, a babysitter, has been assigned to watch over Tobey while she goes on a business trip. Unknown to her, however, he and Becky Botsford (a.k.a WordGirl) get into a battle of words in the city on a real-live match of the game show called "Crash or Pie", she believes that Tobey is cheating (saying "unsmall" is not a word).
Crystal Taliefero-Pratt (née Taliefero, born 5 January 1963) [1] [2] is an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Taliefero grew up with a musical family, performing rhythm and blues with her brother in the Chicago metropolitan area.