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1970 single by Edgar Broughton Band
"Apache Drop Out"
Single by Edgar Broughton Band
from the album Sing Brother Sing
B-side"Freedom"
Released1970
GenreRock
LabelHarvest
Songwriter(s)Jerry Lordan, Don Van Vliet, Herb Bermann
Producer(s)Peter Jenner
Edgar Broughton Band singles chronology
"Out Demons Out"
(1970) 		"Apache Drop Out"
(1970) 		"Up Yours!"
(1970)

"Apache Drop Out" is a song and single written by Jerry Lordan, Don Van Vliet and Herb Bermann, performed by the Edgar Broughton Band and released in 1970.

Of the Edgar Broughton Band's two hit singles in the UK this was their second and biggest. It made 33 on the UK Singles Charts in 1970 staying in the charts for 5 weeks.

Background

1970 was the year the Edgar Broughton Band was tipped for success. Bad management of the group prevented this and they had only two hit singles, neither of which broke into the top 30. The song combines the instrumental, Apache by the Shadows and Dropout Boogie by Captain Beefheart.

References

  1. "Apache Drop Out Edgar Broughton Band". Discogs. 20 November 1970. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Edgar Broughton Band  — full Official Chart History — Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  3. Peter Buckley (2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. pp. 145–. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.
Edgar Broughton Band
  • Edgar Broughton
  • Steve Broughton
  • Arthur Grant
  • Victor Unitt
  • John Thomas
  • Terry Cottam
  • Tom Nordon
  • Richard De Bastion
  • Pete Tolson
  • Duncan Bridgeman
  • Dennis Haines
  • Luke Broughton
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