| 词条 | The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway song) |
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| name = The Ghetto | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Donny Hathaway | album = Everything Is Everything | A-side = The Ghetto, Pt. 1 | B-side = The Ghetto, Pt. 2 | released = 1969 | format = | recorded = 1969 | studio = | venue = | genre = Soul jazz | length = 6:50 | label = Atlantic | writer = Donny Hathaway & Leroy Hutson | producer = Donny Hathaway & Ric Powell | prev_title = I Wanna Thank You Baby | prev_year = 1969 | next_title = You've Got a Friend | next_year = 1971 }} "The Ghetto" is a socially conscious, mostly instrumental jazz-flavored anthem, released as the first single off American soul singer Donny Hathaway's debut album, Everything Is Everything, released as a single in 1970 on Atlantic Records. The song was co-written by Hathaway and Leroy Hutson. The song was a 6 minute and 50 second extravaganza which built upon a cinematic feel with its lengthy instrumental though it did feature vocal ad-libs from Hathaway, who played Wurlitzer electric piano on the song, and constant chants of the song, which had a distinctive Afro-Cuban sound with congas. The song also featured additional backgrounds, dialogue from what sound like men talking on a street corner and a baby crying before Hathaway ended the song with frenetic hand claps. When originally released in 1970, the song became a modest charted single, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[1] The song was also featured on Hathaway's revered Live album in which Hathaway and his musicians played a faster version of the song and later featured Hathaway getting the audience into it singing the final chorus. The song was also used in the 1977 film Short Eyes. Co-writer Leroy Hutson recorded a version of the song entitled "The Ghetto '74" for his album The Man! (1973). Since then, the song has been covered in hip-hop singles, most famously, Too Short's "The Ghetto", which featured Gerald Levert re-singing the chorus. George Benson, accompanied by pianist Joe Sample, covered the song in his album Absolute Benson. Personnel
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References1. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=247}} {{Donny Hathaway}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghetto, The}} 6 : 1969 songs|1970 singles|Soul jazz songs|Instrumentals|Donny Hathaway songs|Songs written by Leroy Hutson |
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