Kalimba Story
"Kalimba Story" is a song by R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire released as a single in 1974 on Columbia Records.[2] OverviewKalimba Story was produced by Maurice White and Joe Wissert and composed by Maurice and Verdine White. The song also came off EWF's 1974 album Open Our Eyes[2] Critical receptionRecord World said that "What Stevie Wonder has done for the clavinet, this group does for the African thumb piano, the 'kalimba.'"[3] Alex Henderson of Allmusic called "Kalimba Story" a "treasure".[4] Chart performanceThe single reached number six on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart,[5] and number fifty-five on the Hot 100.[6] In Canada the song reached number 63.[7] Samples"Kalimba Story" was sampled by hip hop duo Gang Starr on their 1990 track Jazz Thing (Movie Mix).[8] References
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