"Apache" is a popular instrumental song written by Jerry Lordan and recorded by British group The Shadows in June 1960. It was released two months later. The song topped the UK singles chart for five weeks. It has since been covered many times. The record is considered influential, both in its time and in following years, and has been called "hip-hop’s national anthem".^[1] Jeremiah Patrick Jerry Lordan (born 30 April 1934, in Paddington, West London died 24 July 1995 in London), was a British composer and singer. ... The Shadows were an English instrumental rock n roll group active from the 1950s to the 2000s. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Hip hop (disambiguation). ...

In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Apache" at number 96 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ...

Recording

The Shadows' recording was done live at the famous EMI Abbey Road Studio in London. Hank Marvin was just developing the "Shadows's sound." Singer/guitarist Joe Brown had just bought an Italian-built guitar echo chamber. He didn't like it and gave it to Marvin. Marvin then developed a new sound using the echo chamber coupled with heavy vibrato using the tremolo arm of his Fender Stratocaster. Bruce Welch borrowed an acoustic Martin guitar from Cliff Richard, which in itself was a revolutionary step for a rock and roll band. These sounds, together with a heavy melodic bass line by Jet Harris, created a revolutionary sound. Percussion was provided by Tony Meehan (drums) and Cliff Richard, who plays a Japanese drum at the beginning and at the end to provide a "Red Indian" atmosphere. The record producer was Norrie Paramor. He preferred the flip side of "Apache", an instrumental version of the old army song "The Quartermaster's Stores", now called "The Quatermasster's Stores" after the TV series Quatermass. Paramor wanted to make that the A-side, but changed his mind after his daughter preferred "Apache". The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands, Cliff Richard and The Shadows, and The Beatles. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Brian Robson Rankin (born 28 October 1941), better known by the stage name Hank B. Marvin, is the English lead guitarist for the band The Shadows. ... Joe Brown (born Joseph Roger Brown on 13 May 1941, in Swarby, Lincolnshire) was a popular British entertainer of the 1960s and beyond. ... This article is about the technological device. ... Vibrato is a musical effect where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound. ... A tremolo arm, tremolo bar, vibrato bar, whammy bar, or twang bar is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the tailpiece of an electric guitar or archtop guitar to enable the player to quickly vary the tension and sometimes the length of the strings temporarily, changing the pitch... “Stratocaster” redirects here. ... Bruce Welch (born Bruce Cripps, 2 November 1941 in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer and singer, best known as a member of The Shadows. ... C.F. Martin & Company (Martin) is a US guitar manufacturer that was established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. ... Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ... Jet Harris (real name Terence Harris) was the bass guitarist and leader of The Shadows until April 1962. ... Daniel Joseph Anthony Tony Meehan, (March 2, 1943 – November 28, 2005), was one of the founder members of the British group The Shadows, along with Jet Harris, Hank B. Marvin and Bruce Welch. ... Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Norrie Paramor is best known as a record producer, but was also a composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor. ... Professor Bernard Quatermass is a fictional character, created by the writer Nigel Kneale originally for BBC Television, who appeared in three influential BBC science fiction serials of the 1950s, and made his swansong in a final serial for Thames Television in 1979. ...

Nomenclature

The name reflects the source of Lordan's inspiration for the song: the 1954 American western film Apache. Apache is a 1954 western film starring Burt Lancaster. ...

Musical style

The original Shadows version was considered to be revolutionary at the time for its twangy use of guitar and its innovative tribal rhythms. It has been cited by a generation of guitarists as inspirational and is widely considered one of the most influential 45s of the pre-Beatles era. The song has also been cited by Afrika Bambaataa as an important early element of hip hop music with the record being sampled and scratched by many DJs. For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... http://www. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Look up scratch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

But it wasn't the Shadows' version that Bambaataa, Kool Herc and the like turned into "hip-hop’s national anthem": it was the 1973 version by Michael Viner and an ad hoc group called the Incredible Bongo Band. It would be further reworked by hip hop performers "ranging from the Sugarhill Gang and L.L. Cool J to The Roots and Nas," not to mention sampling by techno performers Future Sound of London and Moby and drum and bass acts J. Majik and Goldie.^[1] Categories: People stubs | Hip hop musicians | Hip hop DJs | 1955 births ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Hip hop (disambiguation). ... The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viners Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. ... The Sugarhill Gang is an American hip hop group, known mostly for one hit, Rappers Delight, the first hip hop single to become a Top 40 hit. ... LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968) is an American hip hop artist better known by his stage name, LL Cool J (an abbreviation of Ladies Love Cool James). He is best known for romantic ballads like I Need Love as well as hardcore rap like I... The Roots, also variously known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Fifth Dynasty, The Square Roots and The Foundation, are an influential, Grammy-winning hip-hop band based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. ... Nasir Jones (born September 14, 1973), known simply as Nas and formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper. ... For the comic book character previously known as Techno, see Fixer (comics). ... Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) is a British electronic music band, the duo of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. ... Moby (born Richard Melville Hall, September 11, 1965), is an American songwriter, musician and singer. ... Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to d&b, DnB, dnb,deenbee, drum n bass and drum & bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. ... For other uses, see Goldie (disambiguation). ...

Cover versions

• Early British guitarist Bert Weedon also recorded "Apache" in 1960; it made it to number 24 on the charts.
• Jørgen Ingmann, originally a jazz guitarist from Denmark, also produced a cover version of Apache that, billed to Jørgen Ingmann & His Guitar, made it to number two on the US pop chart in 1961, thereby preventing the Shadows' original from charting there.
• Sonny James recorded a vocal version in 1962.^[1]
• Los Pekenikes Spanish rock band covered "Apache" in 1961.
• The Ventures covered "Apache" in 1962.
• Davie Allan and The Arrows recorded "Apache '65" in the named year.
• In 1970, The Edgar Broughton Band released "Apache Dropout", an inspired pairing of Captain Beefheart's ‘Dropout Boogie’ with The Shadows instrumental hit.
• In 1972 the Moog-based band of session musicians called Hot Butter released a cover version of "Apache" as follow-up to their hit "Popcorn".
• In 1973, the song was covered by the Incredible Bongo Band, who added the distinctive bongo drum intro and added more percussion throughout the song. Though not a huge success, the song drove the album Bongo Rock to #58 on the Billboard Black Albums chart.
• In 1976 the electro-rock French band Rockets, in their first eponymous album, released a version featuring synthesizers, disco-rock drumming, and heavily treated guitars.
• In 1977 a disco-styled music video of "Apache" featured The Tommy Seebach Band. Set on a rocky hillside, it featured scantily-clad dancers adoring a grinning keyboard player. This version was recognized for its kitsch value and made the rounds of the Internet in early 2005. It is widely considered the worst music video of all time.
• Ska-Dows recorded a ska version of "Apache", including some lyrics, mostly the word "Apache!" shouted repeatedly.
• In 1981, the rap group Sugarhill Gang covered the Incredible Bongo Band version of the song, on their second album 8th Wonder. In addition to using the distinctive beat and bongo drums, the Sugarhill Gang added rap lyrics on top, with some of their signature references, including:
  • The Lone Ranger is referenced extensively in this song. One memorable lyric states, "Tonto, jump on it! Jump on it! Jump on it!" One of the rap segments is from the perspective of the Lone Ranger himself; the phrase, "Hi-ho Silver (is what I say)" ends this segment.
  • The lyric "What you hear is not a test" references the song "Rapper's Delight".
  • The "Popcorn" song by Hot Butter is referenced via this lyric: "What's that? Hot butter popcorn!"
  • The "Monster Mash" is mentioned in this song.
• DJ Grandmaster Flash interpolated parts of the Incredible Bongo Band song "Apache" in his song "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel".
• West Street Mob, a group on the Sugar Hill Records label, made a song which interpolated parts of the "Apache" song by the Incredible Bongo Band; this song was called "Break Dancin' (Electric Boogie)".
• The Prodigy song "Breakdance Electric Boogie", from their 1999 Dirtchamber Sessions Volume 1 album, includes an extrapolation of the West Street Mob song listed above.
• Vanilla Ice sampled "Apache" in his hit song "Ninja Rap".
• In 1996, Sir Mix-A-Lot played off of the lyrics to Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" in his hit version of "Jump on It".
• Fatboy Slim recorded a remix song that mostly interpolated the Incredible Bongo Band version of "Apache" which was also used for the Snatch movie soundtrack.
• In 2002 Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley recorded a cover version which was released on limited white, green, pink and black vinyl 7" single under the name The Jimi Entley Sound.
• Wyclef Jean's "Masquerade" includes the melodic hook played on violin as the song closes.
• In 2005, the German music team Scooter covered this song in the album Who's Got The Last Laugh Now? in a dance music version. They also made a fusion with their another track "Rock Bottom" from the mentioned album.
• It was used as the beat on the song "We Run This" on Missy Elliott's album The Cookbook.
• Angel Parra Trio, a Chilean Latin jazz band, covered this song on his 2005 album Playa Solitaria.
• In 2005, Switch[1] extensively sampled the covered version by Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band in A Bit Patchy (wordplay on Apache). It was met with rave reviews, and was picked up in 2006 by Data Recordings under the Ministry of Sound label and received popular remixes by Eric Prydz and Todd Terry.
• In 2006, Jean-Pierre Danel recorded a version of "Apache" very close to the original. The album hit the French charts at number one and received a platinum disc. "Guitar Connection 2" features a duet by Danel and Hank Marvin on The Shadows' standard "Nivram".
• Japanese beatbox trio Afra & Incredible Beatbox Band recorded a vocal-only, beatbox version on their 2006 album "I.B.B.".
• Nas sampled "Apache" in his 2006 single, Hip Hop Is Dead
• On the 2006 album Hier is Normaal, the Dutch band Normaal made a compilation of instrumental songs of their own and other artists. Apache is also in it. The song, "Varkens Pesten", means literally "bullying pigs".
• Also in 2006, The Federation sampled a piece of the song for their single "I Only Wear My White Tees Once".

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"Apache" in popular culture

• The Incredible Bongo Band version was used in Justin Eldridge's Part in the 2003 Girl Skateboards film Yeah Right!
• The Shadows' version was featured in the British feature film Scandal.
• Sugarhill Gang's version of "Apache" is featured prominently in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story as the theme to White Goodman's courtship of Kate Veach.
• In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air sixth-season episode "Viva Lost Wages", Will and Carlton dance to the Sugarhill Gang's version of this song in the talent contest in Las Vegas.
• The Sugarhill Gang version of the song also features on the trailer for the Guy Ritchie movie "Snatch", while the montage introducing the title characters is played.
• In the movie Drumline, the Morris Brown marching band plays Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" while in the stadium stands. Several of the drum majors also dance to the music.
• "We Run This" (which samples Apache) was played in the trailer for the movie Stick It.
• A form of The Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" is played every time an Atlanta Braves player hits a home run at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia.
• The song was used in various forms in the pilot episode of the sitcom The Knights of Prosperity
• The song was was used in the 2006 St Julians Entertainments Day to great applause by students, teachers and honarary guests alike.

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Notes

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External links

• soul-sides.com: All Roads Lead to Apache (history of various versions of "Apache", including audio samples)
• Has the same beat but remixed by Switch Electronic/House