Evolution of a song...

Back in the early 80's Rap Music was born. One of the first groups to bring rap to the airwaves was The Sugar Hill Gang. They were one of the pioneers. I remember listening to them at my grandma's house. She had a big black boom-box with a radio, tape player and even little TV. I spend hours in front of it listening to music and taping off the radio - remember doing that, finger on the record button, trying to get the song without all the talk? Ahh, the old days. Anyways, one of Sugar Hill's hits was a song called Apache (Jump On It). In what has become a long used method of borrowing beats called sampling they sampled a song called Apache. Check out it's evolution...
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Released by Sugar Hill Gang in 1981



No clue who the hell Mr. Mustache and his co-horts are but they provided one of the funniest re-makes of Apache. (Thanks Cam for finding this gem!)
UPDATE: Thanks to Wikipedia I am now able to name this band. The original was written and recorded in 1960 but this bands version was released in 1977. (Video concept definitely thought up in the marijuana smoke filled living room of Mr. Mustache and his girlfriend - the brunette Indian dancer. "Yeah baby, I'm sure Linda and Taffy will dance if I ask them. We can get some authenic costumes and I have some great moves." PUFF "It'll be dreamy."). I introduce to you The Tommy Seabach Band. I think it's safe to assume that Mr. Mustache is Tommy.

For the full demonstration of the evolution of one song check out ALL the people that sampled APACHE. I just hope that Jerry Lordan is getting paid!