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Bob James

Take Me to the Mardi Gras

1975 · via Run-D.M.C.

Bob James recorded “Take Me to the Mardi Gras” in 1975. Paul Simon wrote it. An earlier recording by Bob James in 1975 is on file. Run-D.M.C.’s “Peter Piper” in 1986 is built on it: this song’s writers are on that record’s credit.

Bob James – Take Me to the Mardi Gras
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Bob James had "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" on record before Jam Master Jay ever touched it, and the song itself is a Paul Simon tune. So the beat under "Peter Piper" leads straight back to Paul Simon's songbook.

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Written by Paul Simon.

Recorded earlier by Bob James in 1975; whether that was the first recording is not on file.

Built on this record

Run-D.M.C.’s “Peter Piper” (1986) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

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Run-D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper" samples a record called "Take Me to the Mardi Gras." Who wrote that earlier song?Paul Simon
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