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Michael Viner, who was an executive at MGM Records, started the project Incredible Bongo Band. [5] He was asked to provide music to the soundtrack for the film The Thing with Two Heads; he and Perry Botkin Jr. recorded the songs "Bongo Rock" and "Bongolia". [5] After that, they decided to create the album Bongo Rock. [5]
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]
"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]
Wrake (née O'Neill) is a graphic designer, [13] and sings with the band Lost Remnants. [14]Anderson took part in the Lush reformation 2015-16 and released her debut solo album Pearlies on 20 October 2023 on the Sonic Cathedral label, having made videos for the singles "Bend the Round", "Clusters" and "The Presence" prior.
"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" is a 1936 song, with music and lyrics by Louis Prima, who first recorded it with his New Orleans Gang. Brunswick Records released it on February 28, 1936 [2] on the 78 rpm record format, with "It's Been So Long" as the B-side. The song is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras.
The Incredible Bongo Band covered the song in 1973. [29] The composer and percussionist David Van Tieghem released a version and two remixes in 1986. [30] 16 BIT (a German dance project from 1986 to 1989 by Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti) recorded in 1987 a single "(Ina) Gadda-Da-Vida", [31] also included in album Inaxycvgtgb. [32]
Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2016 animated musical film Sing. The soundtrack includes classic songs performed by the film's main cast as well as the song " Faith ", [ 2 ] which was written specifically for the movie and performed by Stevie Wonder and Ariana Grande . [ 3 ]
State Prison at Sing Sing, New York, an 1855 engraving. Sing Sing was the fifth prison constructed by New York state authorities. In 1824, the New York Legislature gave Elam Lynds, warden of Auburn Prison and a former United States Army captain, the task of constructing a new, more modern prison.