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The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started in 1972 by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records, producer, MGM Records executive and Curb Records founder Mike Curb and arranger Perry Botkin Jr. [1] [2] Viner was called on to supplement the soundtrack to the B-film The Thing With Two Heads. [3]
In 1973, the Incredible Bongo Band recorded "Bongo Rock" and released it as a single. Epps continued playing in clubs in Southern California into the 1990s. [ 5 ] He died of natural causes in Los Angeles on May 9, 2019 at age 88.
James Arness (born James King Aurness; May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011) was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made ...
The Thing with Two Heads is known for its soundtrack, produced by Michael Viner for MGM Records with a rotating cast of studio musicians whom he called the Incredible Bongo Band. [3] The movie also features early work from makeup artist Rick Baker , a future Oscar winner.
Etta James; Joni James; Rick James; Sonny James; Tommy James; Jan and Dean; Miles Jaye; The Jaynetts; Jefferson Airplane; Jefferson Starship; Jellybean Benitez; The Jets; John Fred & His Playboy Band; Robert John; Sammy Johns; Johnny and the Hurricanes; Davy Jones; Grace Jones; Howard Jones; Jack Jones; The Jordan Brothers; The Junkyard Dog
A composer and drummer, Costanzo is best known for having been a bongo player, and was nicknamed "Mr. Bongo". He visited Havana three times in the 1940s and learned to play Afro-Cuban rhythms on the bongos and congas. Costanzo started as a dancer, touring as a team with his wife before World War II.
The Wellingtons appear in a second season (1965–66) episode as a rock group called "The Mosquitoes." Not only is the insect-named moniker a play on The Beatles, but the members of the fictitious group are named Bingo, Bango, Bongo and Irving in a reverse play on the names John, Paul, George and Ringo.
In 1975, Swedish band Blue Swede recorded a mash-up which combined verses of I'm Alive with others borrowed from Hush, by Deep Purple. The song was also recorded by Tom Jones. The track appeared on his 2008 album 24 Hours. Canadian garage-punk band, UIC, from Toronto, Ontario, recorded their version of I'm Alive on their 1986 album Our Garage.