Disco Dessert 8/26/22 - "Caravan/Watusi Strut" by Deodato...

 

 

"Caravan/Watusi Strut" was a club hit for Brazilian producer/composer (Eumir) Deodato. Appearing on his album First Cuckoo, the record is a medley of the swingtime era song "Caravan" by Dizzy Gillespie, Irving Mills, and Juan Tizol, with his own "Watusi Strut". On Record World magazine's Disco File top-20 chart, the single peaked at #9 in 1975.