NEW 📀 Grazing In The Grass - Friends Of Distinction {Stereo} 1969

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June, 1969......#3 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #6 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #5 Canada
Original Ed Sullivan Show (1970 appearance) video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.
"Grazing in the Grass" is an instrumental composed by Philemon Hou and first recorded by the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela. Released in the United States as a single in 1968, it followed United States trumpeter Herb Alpert's vocal performance of "This Guy's in Love with You" to the top spot on the Hot 100 chart, ranking it as the 18th biggest hit of the year. The song also reached No. 15 Adult Contemporary. Masekela included the song in his albums Grazing in the Grass: The Best of Hugh Masekela (2001), Still Grazing (2004), and Live at the Market Theatre (2006).
Masekela's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2018.
A vocal version by The Friends of Distinction, with lyrics by band member Harry Elston, was a US chart hit in 1969. "Grazing in the Grass" has been recorded by many other musicians.
The Friends of Distinction recorded a vocal remake of the tune in 1969 on RCA Victor, which was also a Top Ten pop and R&B hit, reaching No. 3 on the former and No. 5 on the latter. One of the group's members, Harry Elston, wrote lyrics for their version and sang lead vocals.
The Friends of Distinction performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 27, 1970 and appeared in a cameo section of Season Episode 8 of the adult animated sitcom Family Guy.