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mjscarousal said:

yes!! haha

MickyDolenz said:

The Shadows also did a version:

The one a lot of hip-hop and modern R&B music samples a lot:

That Fresh Prince ep kinda makes it hard for me to take this song seriously sometimes, even though it is a classic.

scriptgirl said:

That Fresh Prince ep kinda makes it hard for me to take this song seriously sometimes, even though it is a classic.

It is meant to be fun and silly though

Cinny said:

scriptgirl said:

That Fresh Prince ep kinda makes it hard for me to take this song seriously sometimes, even though it is a classic.

It is meant to be fun and silly though

The original instrumental recording by guitarist...



...Bert Weedon


Recorded prior to The Shadows version but released afterwards.

"Francis, Day & Hunter sent me the music early in 1960. I immediately liked the tune and so arranged and recorded it for release later on in the year. In February I was contacted by Jerry Lordan who asked me when I was going to release it, and I explained that I would put it out in September because this was when most people bought records. I told him not to worry, that it was done, and it would be out. A few months later I heard that The Shadows had covered it. Nothing wrong with that of course, they were fully entitled to. After all "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" was a cover too. Anyway I got onto Top Rank and said release my version straight away and I will start plugging it on the radio and TV. It was one of the worst mistakes I ever made. There I was promoting "Apache" and anybody going into the record shop and asking for it was offered the version by The Shadows! After a month my version still hadn't been released and The Shadows were half way up the charts. I phoned Dick Rowe at Top Rank and went bonkers, but he said that there was nothing they could do about it because the company and my contract along with it had just been sold to EMI, and of course The Shadows were already on EMI. Economically speaking it made more sense for EMI to let The Shadows have the hit because, as newcomers they were only on a fraction of the royalty percentage that I was earning. As you probably know The Shadows did write "Mr Guitar" for me later by way of apology and we are good friends now. And I have to admit that I do think that their version of "Apache" was better than mine."

~Bert Weedon



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