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Henry Mancini

Slow Hot Wind

1975 · via Lil Wayne

Henry Mancini’s earliest release of “Slow Hot Wind” on file came out in 1975. Henry Mancini shares the writing credit with Norman Gimbel. The earliest release on file is Sarah Vaughan’s, from 1965, along with Johnny Hartman’s. Also recorded by Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 (released 1966), Eric Kloss (released 1967) and Joe Locke Quartet (released 1995), among 33 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Lil Wayne’s “HOT WIND BLOWS” (2021) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

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Under that Wayne track sits a Mancini and Norman Gimbel tune that Sarah Vaughan and Johnny Hartman both sang. Put on the Mancini first, then hear what Wayne and Tyler, The Creator made of it.

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Credited writers: Henry Mancini and Norman Gimbel.

Earliest release on file: Sarah Vaughan, 1965, the same year as Johnny Hartman.

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Lil Wayne’s “HOT WIND BLOWS” (2021) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

33 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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