Open Sesame
Kool & the Gang’s 1976 recording of “Open Sesame” is the earliest release on file. Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Claydes Smith and Dennis “D.T.” Thomas are credited as its writers. Also recorded by Christian McBride (released 1998) and Quincy Jones & Kool & the Gang (released 2009), among 32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Three Bricks” (2006) carries this song’s writers on its credit. Beastie Boys’ “Shazam!” (2004) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
Five names on the "Three Bricks" credit sheet are the band who wrote "Open Sesame" and put it on record themselves back in 1976. Start there, then try Christian McBride's take on the same tune.
Flip "Shazam!" over and you find a 1976 Kool & the Gang record holding up the floor, with all five of its writers credited right next to the Beasties. Christian McBride had it on record in 1998 too, so this one has traveled further than you'd think.
Credited writers: Robert “Kool” Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Claydes Smith and Dennis “D.T.” Thomas.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1976.
The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Three Bricks” (2006) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
Beastie Boys’ “Shazam!” (2004) samples it, per MusicBrainz.
- Christian McBride1998
- Quincy Jones & Kool & the Gang2009
32 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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