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"Apache" is a song written by Jerry Lordan and first recorded by Bert Weedon. Lordan played the song on ukulele for the Shadows while on tour and, liking the song, the group released their own version which topped the UK Singles Chart for five weeks in mid-1960. [1]
Under this name he recorded a version of "Apache" in the fall of 1960; "Apache" was originally recorded in June 1960 by the British group the Shadows. Ingmann's cover version charted in 1961 at #1 in Canada on the CHUM Chart, #2 in the United States on the Billboard pop singles chart, #9 on the Billboard R&B chart, #4 on Cashbox, and #6 in Germany.
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios (Studio 2) between 26 October 1960 and 21 June 1961. It was recorded on entirely analogue equipment in real time, with each track recorded on a one-track-per-day basis with no overdubs or edits on a 2 track recording machine.
Prior to Original Nuttah 's release, arguments about the way it should be released ensued. UK Apache stated: Jungle producers had the artist credit because it was their music, but I came from reggae where the singer was the artist that got credited for the tune, so I wanted it to come out as 'Original Nuttah' by UK Apache.
"Gangsta Bitch" is the debut single released from Apache's debut album, Apache Ain't Shit. Produced by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, [2] "Gangsta Bitch" became Apache's only charting single, making it to No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100. It contains a sample of "Love and Happiness" by Monty Alexander, originally made famous by Al Green.
The landmark 1932 Hollywood film musical Love Me Tonight features the song "Poor Apache." Olive Oyl , Bluto and Popeye do the Apache in Popeye The Sailor 017 - The Dance Contest (1934). In 1934's Limehouse Blues , nightclub owner Harry Young, George Raft , does an Apache dance with his star performer and lover Tu Tuan Anna Mae Wong .
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Inca was released a few months after Apache, in the summer of 1972, [81] not as a standalone album but as a double gatefold with Apache on his new 'United Kingdom of America Records' label. [82] Like Apache, Inca also features songs from the Penny Arkade recording sessions. [83] The albums were mainly distributed to Smith's friends or sold on ...