Incredible Bongo Band
Incredible Bongo Band
Group from United States
Genres: funk, instrumental, jazz, soul, bongo
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About Incredible Bongo Band
The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. The band's output consisted of instrumental music in the funk genre, characterised by the prominence of bongo drums and also conga drums. Although the band released two albums, 1973's Bongo Rock and 1974's Return of the Incredible Bongo Band, the band is best known for its cover of "Apache", a song originally made popular by The Shadows. This record languished in relative obscurity until the late 1970s, when it was adopted by early hip-hop artists, including pioneering DJs Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash, for the uncommonly long percussion break in the middle of the song. Subsequently, many of the Incredible Bongo Band's other releases were sampled by hip-hop producers, and the "Apache" break remains a staple of many producers in drum and bass. The song received popular attention again in 2001 when it was featured in an ad for an Acura SUV. Recently, music critic Will Hermes did an article on Apache and the Incredible Bongo Band for the New York Times. The song "Let There Be Drums," which was made famous by Sandy Nelson and also performed by The Ventures, was used as the theme song for the long running television show "Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling" during the 1980's.
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Incredible Bongo Band — Top 30 songs of 31
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incredible Bongo Band | Bongo Rock [1973] | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Apache | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Kiburi (Pt. 1) | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | I Can't Get No Satisfaction | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Let There Be Drums | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Last Bongo In Belgium (Break.., Last Bongo In Belgium (Breakers Mix) | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Okey Dokey | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Bongo Rock | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Apache (Grand Master Flash Rem | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Apache | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Last Bongo In Belgium | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Dueling Bongos | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | In A Gadda Da Vida (NULA quick fix) | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | In A Gadda Da Vida | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | In a Gadda Da Vida | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Wipeout | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Last Bongo In Belgium (Remix) (depth | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Apache (Grandmaster Flash Remix) | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Bongo Rock (1973) | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Kiburi, Pt. 1 | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Dueling Bongos | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Raunchy '73 | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Sharp Nine | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | APACHE | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Last Bongo In Belgium (Breaker | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Sing Sing Sing | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Pipeline | ||
| Incredible Bongo Band | Bongolia |