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Mongo Santamaría

Cold Sweat

1968 · via James Brown

Mongo Santamaría’s earliest release of “Cold Sweat” on file came out in 1968. James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is James Brown’s, from 1967. Also recorded by Prince (released 1988), Bernard “Pretty” Purdie (released 1971) and Maceo Parker (released 1994), among 203 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Brown's name is the one everybody remembers, but Pee Wee Ellis shares the writing credit on Cold Sweat. Put on Mongo Santamaría's version, which came out the year after Brown's, and hear how well the song holds up in somebody else's hands.

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Credited writers: James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis.

Earliest release on file: James Brown, 1967.

Other recordings on file · first release year

203 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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James Brown's name sits on "Cold Sweat," but he doesn't hold the writing credit alone. Who shares it with him?Pee Wee Ellis
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