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Average White Band

Pick Up the Pieces

1973 · via De La Soul

Average White Band’s 1973 recording of “Pick Up the Pieces” is the earliest release on file. Roger Ball, Molly Duncan, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre and Hamish Stuart are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Candy Dulfer (released 1993), Herbie Mann (released 1975) and Incognito (released 2001), among 53 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. De La Soul’s “Ghetto Thang” (1989) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

Average White Band – Pick Up the Pieces
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Six writers on "Pick Up the Pieces" share a line on the "Ghetto Thang" credits with Posdnuos, Maseo, Dave and Prince Paul, so this is where that track's foundation was poured. Play the 1973 original, then go find what Herbie Mann and Candy Dulfer did with it.

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Credited writers: Roger Ball, Molly Duncan, Alan Gorrie, Robbie McIntosh, Owen McIntyre and Hamish Stuart.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1973.

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De La Soul’s “Ghetto Thang” (1989) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

53 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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De La Soul's "Ghetto Thang" carries the writing credit of an earlier song, "Pick Up the Pieces." Who made the first recording of that song?Average White Band
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