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"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]
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 ".
He had “Bongo Rock” from the Incredible Bongo Band cued up when his mom yelled at him to turn it down, and he accidentally nudged the record, making an audible rip in the playback. It was ...
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.
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 (').
Radio DJ Art Laboe, who interviewed Elvis for radio in the 1950s before he helped make Black music and Latino youths lifelong friends, has died. He was 97.
Instrumental rock is rock music that emphasizes musical instruments and features very little or no singing. An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics , or singing , although it might include some inarticulate vocals , such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting.