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"Jungle Boogie" is a funk record by Kool & the Gang from their 1973 album Wild and Peaceful. [2] It reached number four as a single, and became very popular in nightclubs. [ 3 ] Billboard ranked it as the number 12 single for 1974 , despite as many as 36 No. 1 singles that year.
Shizuko Kasagi (Japanese: 笠置 シヅ子, Hepburn: Kasagi Shizuko, August 25, 1914 – March 30, 1985) was a Japanese jazz singer and actress. At the peak of her fame in the immediate post-war era, she earned the nickname the "Queen of Boogie" (ブギの女王, Bugi no Joō).
The album spawned the band's first three Top 10 singles. "Funky Stuff" reached No. 5 R&B/No. 29 Pop. The hugely popular track "Jungle Boogie" soared to No. 2 R&B and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Hollywood Swinging" topped the Billboard Hot Soul Singles in June 1974 while reaching No. 6 Pop. [7]
The song centers on A Boogie wit da Hoodie's life growing up in the neighborhood of Highbridge, Bronx, which he deems a "jungle", and his rise to success as a rapper. [ citation needed ] Music video
"Jungle Boogie" (1973) "Funky Stuff" is a funk song written, produced, and recorded by Kool & the Gang for their 1973 album Wild and Peaceful. [1]
The dance scene in the nightclub features an original composition ("Jungle Boogie", sung by Shizuko Kasagi) with lyrics by Kurosawa, satirizing American jazz music; Kasagi imitates Johnny Weissmuller's famous yell from the Tarzan movies, and the way Kurosawa frames the singer parodies the American film noir movie Gilda. [3]
Spirit of the Boogie is the sixth studio album by Kool & the Gang, released in 1975.It can be seen as a follow-up to Wild and Peaceful (1973); the instrumental "Jungle Jazz" uses the same basic rhythm track heard in "Jungle Boogie", but lets the players improvise on their instruments (saxophone, trumpet and flute).
That's So Raven is the soundtrack album to the Disney Channel original series of the same name, released by Walt Disney Records and Columbia Records on May 18, 2004. The album includes songs sung by the show's star, Raven-Symoné and its theme song.