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Quincy Jones

In the Heat of the Night
1967 · via Kendrick Lamar
Quincy Jones – In the Heat of the Night
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Under that Kendrick track sits a 1967 Quincy Jones record, and Ray Charles cut the same song that year too. Start with Quincy, and Ray is one aisle over.

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▶Quincy Jones - In the Heat of the Night - (In the Heat of the Night, 1967)
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Written by Quincy Jones, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman.

First recorded by Quincy Jones in 1967.

Also recorded by Ray Charles (1967), Hank Crawford (1968), Nancy Wilson (1967).

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Kendrick Lamar's "I’m Dying Of Thirst" carries the writing credit of "In the Heat of the Night." Who made the first recording of that earlier song?Quincy Jones
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