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| 'The Ghetto' | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Donny Hathaway | ||||
| from the album Everything Is Everything | ||||
| A-side | 'The Ghetto, Pt. 1' | |||
| B-side | 'The Ghetto, Pt. 2' | |||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Soul jazz | |||
| Length | 6:50 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Donny Hathaway & Leroy Hutson | |||
| Producer(s) | Donny Hathaway & Ric Powell | |||
| Donny Hathaway singles chronology | ||||
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'The Ghetto' is a socially conscious, mostly instrumental jazz-flavored anthem, released as the first single off American soul singer Donny Hathaway's debut album, Everything Is Everything, released as a single in 1970 on Atlantic Records.
The song was co-written by Hathaway and Leroy Hutson. The song was a 6 minute and 50 second extravaganza which built upon a cinematic feel with its lengthy instrumental though it did feature vocal ad-libs from Hathaway, who played Wurlitzer electric piano on the song, and constant chants of the song, which had a distinctive Afro-Cuban sound with congas.
The song also featured additional backgrounds, dialogue from what sound like men talking on a street corner and a baby crying before Hathaway ended the song with frenetic hand claps.
When originally released in 1970, the song became a modest charted single, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[1]
The song was also featured on Hathaway's revered Live album in which Hathaway and his musicians played a faster version of the song and later featured Hathaway getting the audience into it singing the final chorus. The song was also used in the 1977 film Short Eyes.
Co-writer Leroy Hutson recorded a version of the song entitled 'The Ghetto '74' for his album The Man! (1973). Since then, the song has been covered in hip-hop singles, most famously, Too Short's 'The Ghetto', which featured Gerald Levert re-singing the chorus.
George Benson, accompanied by pianist Joe Sample, covered the song in his album Absolute Benson.
Personnel[edit]
- Donny Hathaway: lead vocals, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass
- Master Henry Gibson: conga solo
- Morris Jennings: drums
- Marshall Hawkins: bass
- Phil Upchurch: guitar
- Richard Powell: percussion & timbales Solo
- Written and composed by Donny Hathaway and Leroy Hutson
- Conducted and arranged by Donny Hathaway
- Produced by Donny Hathaway and Ric Powell
External links[edit]
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
References[edit]
Too Short The Ghetto Download
- ^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 247.