Cast Your Fate to the Wind
| "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" | ||||
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| Single by Sounds Orchestral | ||||
| from the album Cast Your Fate to the Wind | ||||
| B-side | "To Wendy With Love" | |||
| Released | 1965 | |||
| Genre | Jazz Rock | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Parkway Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Vince Guaraldi, Carel Werber | |||
| Producer | John Schroeder (musician) | |||
| Sounds Orchestral singles chronology | ||||
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"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" is an American jazz piece written and originally recorded by Vince Guaraldi, with lyrics later added by Carel Werber. It won a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963.[1] It was included on the album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, released on April 18, 1962 by the Vince Guaraldi Trio on the Fantasy Records label.[2]
It has been extensively covered. In Australia, a vocal version by Mel Tormé was a hit in 1963. In 1965, the British easy listening group Sounds Orchestral rewrote the song away from the jazz influenced midsection and took it to #5 in the UK, #10 on the US pop chart, and #1 for three weeks in May on the US Easy Listening chart.[3] In 1966, North Hollywood singer Shelby Flint released a version of the song. West Coast folk-rock bands We Five and The Sandpipers along with pop singer Johnny Rivers cut vocal versions and there were further instrumental ones from Earl Klugh, George Benson, David Benoit, Chet Atkins, and Nelson Rangell.[4] [5] In 1970, the rock group James Gang covered the song as part of a three-song medley ("The Bomber Medley") on their album James Gang Rides Again.
The song was heavily featured in the 1988 film The In Crowd. In 2007, the alternative-rock band They Might Be Giants spoofed the song's title by issuing "Cast Your Pod to the Wind," a bonus disc to their album The Else.[6] It consisted of songs which had only been heard until that point on their podcasts.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Best Original Jazz Composition award winners Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ^ Vince Guaraldi Trio, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus Retrieved February 27, 2012.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 227.
- ^ "My American Songbook, Vol. 1 overview". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r728966.
- ^ "Nelson Rangell - My American Songbook (Vol. 1)". SmoothViews.com. http://www.smoothviews.com/cdreviews/rangell01.htm.
- ^ They Might Be Giants, The Else Retrieved February 27, 2012.
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