HUGH MASEKELA "Grazing In The Grass" (1968)

 

I don't know what it was with horses and grazing in 1968, but after "The Horse" was number two in May, Hugh Masekela came out with his monster instrumental hit "Grazing In The Grass" which was number one in July of 1968 for two weeks.

You couldn't turn your radio on for fifteen minutes without hearing one of these two songs back then, often back to back.

The really odd thing is that unlike "The Horse" which was an instrumental version of a song with vocals, the instrumental "Grazing In The Grass" was released the following year with vocals by The Friends Of Distinction" which made it to number three in 1969.

Talk about recycling! 

HUGH MASEKELA "Grazing In The Grass"