#Hugh Masakela

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Riot – Hugh Masekela

Riot – Hugh Masekel Riot – Hugh MasekelaHands up who knows (without looking it up on the internet) what Hugh Masekela’s 2nd best performing song on the US Hot 100 was? Okay, so I did look it up and you probably guessed from the title of this blog entry that it was ‘Riot’. It peaked at 55 which was 54 places lower than ‘Grazing In The Grass’, his biggest hit.The track is a short piece, clocking…

[thecoparoom]

Stevie and Hugh, 1969

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

27. Grazing in the Grass by Hugh Masakela debuted Jun 68 and peaked at number one, scoring 1183 points.

Hugh was born in Wilbank, South Africa, and had four chart entries. His first, a 1967 remake of Up Up and Away, and two others 1968-69 failed to make the top 40.

The Friends of Distinction's 1969 vocal remake peaked at number three. "It's a gas. Can you dig it?"

[singeratlarge]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dana Andrews, Matthew/Stymie Beard, Brahms’s 1879 Violin Concerto in D, Greg Carmichael (Acoustic Alchemy), Johnny Cash’s 1st free concert @ San Quentin (1960) w/Merle Haggard in the “audience,” Morris Chestnut, Xavier Cugat, Douglas David, Joseph Donkoh, Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople), Grandmaster Flash, E.M. Forster, Philip Glass’s 2012 SYMPHONY NO. 9, Rocky Graziano, Ty Hardin, the Hearts of Space radio series (1983), Miki Higashino, Huntingdon High School (PA), Milt “Bags” Jackson, web  journalist Kathy Kolb, Carole Landis, Charles Matongo, Country Joe McDonald, Lorenzo de' Medici, Makori Mokua, Colin Morgan, Arthur Prysock, Paul Revere (the Revolutionary), Paul Revere & the Raiders (1958), Betsy Ross, Nathaniel Shilkret, Simon & Garfunkel’s 1966 “Sounds of Silence” single, Shelby Steele, Tank, TOP OF THE POPS TV show (1964), Ari Up (The Slits), “Mad Anthony��� Wayne, Huldrych Zwingli and my former neighbor, occasional collaborator, and Renaissance Man, Bill Stefanacci—globe-trotting film-maker, martial arts expert, surfer, yoga enthusiast, and mastermind behind the band Funk Dub Division.

Beyond guiding the musical brain trust of FDD, Bill is immersed in the physics and electronics of psycho acoustics. Published in over 800 journals, his theories on sub-atomic particle/wave arrays in DNA are accepted by the global science community as the bridge between the material world and consciousness itself. Bill is also the head of ESA Productions, creating documentaries and films for educational television. Musically he has worked Hugh Masakela, Les McCann, Metallica, Judy Mowatt, The Persuasions, Third World, Pamela Z, and various classical/world music ensembles. As for Funk Dub Division, they’re not just music—they’re a state of mind involving funk, dub, soul, experimental, and electronic moshing featuring some of world music's tightest players and vocalists blend in a digital, psychedelic amalgamation. On a cosmic turntable they play next to Black Uhuru, Miles Davis, Martin Denny, Thelonious Monk, Rufus, Ravi Shankar, and William Burroughs. Have some fun in 2024 with FDD’s music—and HB BS!

https://funkdubdivision.bandcamp.com

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[quatregats]

I think it's good for your health to get obsessed with a ten minute song every once in a while. Stimulation for the enclosure or something

[posttexasstressdisorder]

Tuesday, 11-12-24, 2pm Pacific

And a good nice brisk fall afternoon to everyone, Mr. Baggins back with your afternoon stack of classic wax! Starting this one off with a little bit of Psychedelic Psunshine from Donovan. Legend has it that Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones are sesh players on this Mickie Most production, from 1966, here's the original mono single of Sunshine Superman.

While equally as sun-drenched as Donovan, Ray Davies and the Kinks are telling a different kinda story....

And yes, it is THAT FUCKING DAY again...

Shifting gears, here's one that's been sitting in the back of your memory banks for decades...you just didn't know it until now. The original mono 45 of Soulful Strut by Young-Holt Unlimited, from 1969

Here's the Friends of Distinction, with their version of Hugh Masakela's Grazin' in the Grass.

Staying in 1969 for a bit longer, here's The Isley's with their iconic ode to free love, "It's Your Thing"

This next single is one of Stevie Wonder's lesser-known hits, but I've loved it ever since I heard it in 1969. This song was the main reason I chose "YesterGroove" as my handle on both eBay and YouTube.

An early hit for Three Dog Night, this was one of Laura Nyro's many songwriting credits in the 1969-71 era. This is "Eli's Coming".

And I thought I'd wrap this one up with another instrumental, one of my favorites by Traffic, called simply "Glad".

Mr. Baggins signing off for this afternoon. I'll be back with you at 7:00 pm Pacific.

Until then, be kind, babies, be kind.

Baggins out.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Song of the Day - Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Hugh Masekela “Grazing In The Grass” being awarded a gold record - July 18th, 1968. The instrumental was a huge hit, and two days following its being made a gold record, it shot to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. This recording by South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela was the first for this song, but it would quickly also get recorded with lyrics which were written and sung by the group The Friends of Distinction. Both versions were hits. Masekela was recording an album at Gold Studios in Hollywood, and he was about three minutes short of his contractural 30-minute requirement of material. So, Masakela and producer Stewart Levine took this single record Masakela had brought from Zambia of Freddie Gumbi called “Mr. Bull #5”, a novelty song, and they played with it for a few minutes before just kinda jamming it into three minutes of “Grazing in the Grass”. They employed Gumbi’s use of cowbell, which was there since the song was about a pasture and a bull, and yes, grazing. The two of them thought of their jam track as a kind of spoof and just filler really. The original songwriter, Philomen Hou was given full songwriting credit. Then their record label boss at Uni Records heard it and recognized it as “a smash” He was spot on. He had it made and released as a single. And it was indeed smashing!

[Mary Elaine LeBey]

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Song of the Day: The Friends of Distinction, "Grazing In The Grass"

Happy 82nd birthday to Barbara Jean Love, a member of the singing group The Friends of Distinction in the mid-to-late 1960’s and early 1970’s. She took time off at the end of the ‘60’s to have a child. “Grazing in the Grass” was an instrumental hit for Hugh Masakela in 1968; the Friends’ lead singer Harry Elston added lyrics in 1969. The song reached #3 on the Hot 100, #5 on the Hot Soul Singles…

[lobstersinmyhouse]

Top five underrated songs or artists, need new music to listen to

O fuk idk if I can think of five good ones but here goes

1) Hugh Masakela. One of the best jazz artists on the planet. I'm talking Louis Armstrong tier. Highly underrated outside of Africa.

2) Thomas Mapfumo, the king of Chimurenga music and a hero of the Zimbabwean revolution.

3) Sons of Champlin, a bay area psychedelic band who could've made it big. Lots of brass and interesting arrangements. They were overshadowed by the grateful dead

4) Any John Zorn project. Dude's really good at torturing jazz instruments. I particularly like painkiller.

5) auhghhhb my brain hurts from thinking. Iunnooo I'm sorry

[holliday-is-holligay]

South African here with some recommendations of black artists I've had the pleasure of growing up listening to that ya'll should definitely go and immerse yourselves in. Because it's all fucking beautiful.

Firstly, let's just have Miriam Makeba absolutely own the scene. Just one of the best musicians to come out of South Africa EVER!

Then, bringing up the legendary Bra Hugh Masakela is obvious.

Then no list of South African musicians is EVER complete without Meadowlands. It's been performed by a bunch of musicians over the years but the original was by Strike Vilakazi.

I ESPECIALLY WANT EVERYONE TO LISTEN TO MAFIKIZOLO!!! I made my parents listen to the song below in specific on repeat as a kid and I will do it to you all!

And that's the list! There absolutely is more I could add but this seems like a good start!

the current trend of "tumblr users embarrassing themselves by proudly announcing why they don't listen to any music made by black people" is really astounding.

i cannot help but think this is a direct result of liberal White Guilt and how people have interpreted "anti-racism" as form of cultural self-segregation - the kind of person who thinks trying to cook chicken curry is cultural appropriation, or sends white people anon hate for wearing a kimono (yes, this kind of discourse happened). like, "oh, no, i could never participate in this culture, i'd get my evil white hands all over it! it would be more Progressive if I only did White things."

if you're a poc you've seen this, i'm sure - this deer-in-the-headlights stare you can get from white people when you play music / show art / share a story / anything that is Racially Coded, this total refusal to actually engage with it out of fear that it is in some way Wrong for them to have any opinion on it. because they read somewhere that it's bad to use AAVE but the only lesson they actually learned from that is "gotcha, white people are not allowed to interact with other cultures as punishment for my White Crimes. this helps to fill up the gaping pit of my white guilt and makes me one of the Good People." this transforms their discomfort around non-white cultures (black culture, especially, i should add) into a kind of virtue

anyway if you are white and reading this. go listen to some fucking haliu mergia. ethiopian jazz. will knock your dick right off. go listen to rap or reggae or bollywood and have a genuine reaction to it - like, an actual, from-the-heart reaction. you are allowed to not like some of it. but you will definitely like at least a little. yes, you can compare it to lemon demon (or whatever) if that helps you get into it and that's your only point of reference. maybe don't say that part out loud. but don't, like, separate yourself from it, like you are seeing it in a museum and the only polite thing to do is go "ahh, huh, very interesting, so much culture here."

[maximuswolf]

Does anyone know any songs that begin similarly to how this song ends?

Does anyone know any songs that begin similarly to how this song ends? This song “Riot!” by Earl Sweatshirt (cover of Riot by Hugh Masakela) ends with what I (a music layman) can decipher to be an arpeggiated synth. Does anyone know any songs that begin with a sound similar to this? Also am I even describing the sound correctly? Thank you! https://ift.tt/ohDlkPx Submitted August 23, 2024 at 06:00PM by UsedSir https://ift.tt/cElRO8y via /r/Music

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apa yg saya dengarkan di jun 2024.

lionel ritchie, can't slow down (funk, soul, pop). nampak kurang nyaman dengan musik elektronika dari 80an. mainkan musik2 soul untuk nya agar nyaman saat dinyanyikan

michael bolton, the hunger (soft rock). kenapa ga bikin band hard rock aja ya?!

sheena easton, you could have been with me (ballad). paduan vokal melengking dan harmoni pop ala beach boys, sisa sisa musik akhir 70an terdengar cukup sering di album perdana ini

debbie gibson, electric youth (elctronic pop). rasanya seperti perpaduan antara new order dengan hayley williams

peter cetera, one more story (soft rock). punya potensi vocal yang meledak, rasanya cocok menyanyikan lagu lagu dari queen, sayang beberapa lagu mellow membuat potensi peter tak keluar

slate, deathless (pot punk). slate mendorong post punk ke berbagai ranah ekplorasi, nuansa mendengar album2 mbv, new order, dan vibes kesedihan, kegusaran, menciptakan satu sensasi yg cukup baru! ciamik ❤️‍🔥

samntha fox, self titled (synth pop). ini adalah new order album get ready! sayang terganggu dgn rap maksa di satu track 😭

carl carlton, self titled (disco, funk, soul). funk dari era 70an yg terbawa sampai ke tahun 80an, energik, danceable, dan loveable

chaka khan, i feel for you (elctronic, funk, soul, pop). dgn musik yg amat modern pun, chaka khan masih mampu menghibur

the cottons, harapan (pop). kenapa rilisan terbaru the cottos amat begitu berbeda. mungkin kebanyakan dengerin rilisan terakhir bangkutaman

dennis edwards, don't look up any further (soul, disco, rnb). bersuara lembut dan terkontrol juga tdk berlebihan, plus musik elektronika modern dari zaman 80an siap menemani diri ini menjalani macetnya kota besar

madonna, self titled (dance pop). debut album yg syahdu... mendengar suara madonna bagai berada di surga

armlock, trust (acoustic, indie rock, folk rock). effort minimal tapi hasil maksimal 😭

ibrahim hesnawi, the father of libyan reggae (funk, soul, reggae). saya tak pernah menghisap ganja, tapi ada teman yg pernah gele karenanya, saya rasa dibanding harus menghisap ganja saya akan merekomendasikan album ini untuknya saja

various artist (now-again records), welcome to zamrock! vol. 1 (rock, funk, soul). album kompilasi band rock keren dari zambia, sebuah sub kulter yg tak pernah diprediksi, dan mereka sudah hadir dari early 70's menghadirkan musik mixed antara psikedilia dgn rock ala led zeppelin, stones serta suara lantang ala james brown

various artist (now-again records), welcome to zamrock! vol. 2 (rock, funk, soul). kompilasi dari band rock dari zambia, masih konsisten memberikan kejutan

various artist (analog africa records), afro-beat airways (funk, soul). percampuran antara sensasi psikedelia dengan suara suara sakral dan jampi jampi yang asing

hugh masakela, the chisa years 1965-1975 (funk, soul, folk). suara megah dari masa lalu yang sangat masa kini

various artist (now-again records), forge your own chains (funk, soul, psychedelic). vocal, rythm gitar, bassline pattern dati berbagai musisi yg sangat mengantui dan menghipnotis ❤️‍🔥

various artist (rare groove records), african rare groove (funk, soul, psychedelic, disco). semenyenangkan mendengarkan sunshine pop/experimental hip hop/funk/jazz/soul dgn bahasa yg tak dapat dimengerti

the funkees, dancing time (rock, funk, soul). seperti the doors tapi dengan gairah lebih tinggi

black flag, my war (hardcore punk). album paling experimental dari black flag, entah obat apa yg dikonsumsi ketika membuat album ini sehingga tiap lagu menjadi sangat tdk inkonsisten satu dgn lain. ataukah dia hanya kurang percaya diri?!

melvins, gluey porch treatments (sludge metal). seperti kata dave, album ini lebih hebat dibanding black sabbath

flipper, generic flipper (punk, experimental). influencer genre sludge metal, saat hardcore terlalu cepat mereka memutuskan melambat!

chaka khan, naughty (disco). ini adalah soundtrack sempurna untuk menghabiskan malam di lantai dansa

kool and the gang, kool jazz (jazz, funk). seperti melempar siapa pun yg mendengarnya ke suatu sore di pesisir pantai yg sepi namun berombak ganas dengan angin kencang dan sinar matahari yg makin jauh

bernadya, sialnya hidup harus terus berjalan (pop). kenapa vibes nya gloomy, murung dan gelap gini ya

dongker, menghibur domba diatas puing (punk, hardcore). inimah cock sparrer!

various artist (now again records), wake up you! rise and fall of nigerian rock vol. 1 (rock, funk, soul). kemarahan yang dituangkan dalam alunan groovy yg funk

various artist (now again records), wake up you! rise and fall of nigerian rock vol. 2 (psychedelic). terdengar kegelisahan, cemas dan sedikit riff iommy di beberapa lagu yg diselimuti kegelapan

the southern university jazz ensemble, live At The 1971 american college jazz festival (jazz). seperti mendengar scene terakhir dari school of rock, alvine batiste adalah jack black dalam dunia jazz!

the boris gardiner happening, ultra super dub vol. 1 (reggae). angin semilir, batu karang, hantaman ombak yg kadang nakal terlalu kencang melewati bibir pantai, orang berselancar, dan pemuda pemuda bermain sepakbola pantai. adalah gambaran yg tepat untuk album yg telah lama hilang ini

the boris gardiner happening, ultra roots dub vol. 2 (reggae). sisa sisa terakhir kreativitas yg di peras sampai kering

the stark reality, discovers hoagy carmichaels music shop (jazz, funk, soul). noise, fuzz, psikedelia terbalut dalam tiap track jazz sepanjang album. dan ini merupakan album experimental paling gila, karena menggubah ulang lagu anak2 menjadi lagu paling sikedelik paling addiktif

cek playlistnya disini!

[parkerbombshell]

From Memphis To Merseyside Ep 84

Thursdays 8pm EST bombshellradio.com From Memphis to Merseyside Ep 84 1964-70 This week, Tony Stuart and Aaron Badgley continue with the ‘big bangs’ in rock and roll. Here they discuss the years from 1964 to 1970. Starting with The Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Woodstock and ending with the split of The Beatles. All that and more on this week’s From Memphis To Merseyside. Ric Denis -This Rumbling Sky The Beatles -All My Loving (Ed Sullivan) The Beatles - Can’t Buy Me Love Peter And Gordon - World Without Love The Supremes-  Come See About Me The Rolling Stones - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction The Miracles  - Going To A Go-Go Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street The Beach Boys-  God Only Knows The Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles - With A LIttle Help From My Friends The Who  - Heinz Baked Beans The Who  - I Can See For Miles Jefferson Airplane -  Someone To Love The Four Tops - Bernadette Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxy Lady Grazing In The Grass  - Hugh Masakela Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - Lady WIllpower The Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash Cliff Nobles & Company  -The Horse Herb Alpert This Guy’s -  In Love With You The Kinks - Days Crosby Still Nash And Young  - Sea Of Madness Johnny Cash  - Folsom Prison Blues Elvis Presley -  In The Ghetto Chicago  - Questions 67 and 68 The Monkees  - Listen To The Band Creedence Clearwater Revival -  Fortunate Son Stevie Wonder -  I Don’t Know Why The Beatles  - Let It Be Paul McCartney  - All My Loving Bryan James Duffy -  The Red Brick Road Read the full article

[howardhawkshollywoodmusic]

96. One of a Kind (Love Affair) by Spinners debuted Apr 73 and peaked at number 11, scoring 1032 points.

The song was released in two different versions. Some claimed that the f word was used, while others claimed the word was "hug" instead. In response, Atlantic Records edited out three lines, so the two versions run 3:17 and 3:31 minutes.

This concert version was in Zaire to promote the Muhammed Ali, George Foreman heavyweight boxing match that was re-scheduled for Oct 30. Others who performed were James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers, Pointer Sisters, Hugh Masakela, and Miriam Makeba, Sep 22-24, 1974.

[dstrachan]

'VIEWS FROM THE EDGE' - w/c 30th October 2023

Lesbian Bed Death ‘Halloween’

The Crypt-Kickers & Bobby "Boris" Pickett ‘Monster Mash’

Jeff Wayne feat. Richard Burton ‘The Eve Of The War & Forever Autumn Medley’

Deep Purple ‘Flight Of The Rat’

Monique Maion ‘Free The Nipple’

OST ‘selection of 1982 Channel 4 idents’

The Inauthentics ‘Salvation’

Déjà vu Band ‘Car Free Day’

Otto Klemperer ‘Fidelio Nr.2  Arie, O wär ich schon mit dir vereint (Marzelline)’

Radiohead ‘Paranoid Android’

David Bowie ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’

Sid Ozalid & the Absurdist Monk ‘I Still Need The Neep’

Siouxisie & the Banshees ‘Halloween’

Hook ‘Breakout’

Femmepop ‘Breakout’

Swing Out Sister ‘Breakout’

The Jackhammers ‘Bingo Wings Breakout’

Bugeye ‘Breakdown’

Led Zeppelin ‘Communication Breakdown’

Tiger Lilly ‘Caught Out’

Ruby Cross ‘Games’

Splintered Halo ‘The Last Queen Of Scotland’

Hugh Masakela ‘Inner Crisis’

Paul Young ‘Wherever I Lay My Hat’

The Blue Nile ‘From A Midnight Train’

Gladys Knight & the Pips ‘Midnight Train To Georgia’

Robin Trower ‘Confessin’ Midnight’

[vesper-to-the-stars]

16. A song that was released in the 60′s

Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masakela

I love this song very much and I can’t help dancing to this song :) Fun to listen to <333