Chances are, you either like hip hop OR surf music. If you’re the hip hop type, you’ve heard Apache sampled within many of your favorite tracks and probably never knew the origin of the song. That’s where I, a fan of both genres, come in.
1960: Apache is written by Jerry Lordon and recorded by British surf band, the Shadows. The song immediately became a “surf standard” and still is to this day.
1973: Among the numerous covers since 1960, the Incredible Bongo Band record an outstanding version that has since been credited as “hip hop’s anthem”. Apache had once again become a standard. This time around as a breakbeat.
1981: The Sugar Hill Gang releases “Jump on it”, a song that heavily samples the Incredible Bongo Band’s version of Apache.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=worsTje_aPY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY-Z6wm6TMQ&feature=related
