Cast Your Fate to the Wind

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"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
CastYourFateWind-USsingle.jpg
US 7" single
Single by Vince Guaraldi
from the album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
A-side "Samba de Orpheus"
Released18 July 1962
Genre Jazz
Length2:58
Label Fantasy 563X
Vocalion EPV-F.1280
Songwriter(s) Vince Guaraldi
Vince Guaraldi singles chronology
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
(1962)
"Zelao"
(1963)
Alternate cover
CastYourFate UKsingle.jpg
UK 7" single cover art
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
Single by Sounds Orchestral
from the album Cast Your Fate to the Wind
B-side "To Wendy with Love"
Released October 30, 1964 (U.K.)
February 1965 (U.S.)
Genre Jazz rock
Length3:00
Label Piccadilly (U.K.)
Parkway (U.S.)
Songwriter(s) Vince Guaraldi, Carel Werber
Producer(s) John Schroeder
Sounds Orchestral singles chronology
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
(1964)
"Moonglow"
(1965)

"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" is an American jazz instrumental selection by Vince Guaraldi; later, a lyric was written by Carel Werber. It won a Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963. [1]

Contents

It was included on the album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio), released by Fantasy Records on April 18, 1962. [2]

Fantasy actually released "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" as the B-side of the bossa nova-flavored "Samba de Orpheus" single. However, U.S. radio disc jockeys preferred the more accessible, catchy "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", propelling it to No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart [3] and No. 9 on the Easy Listening chart. [4] In an effort to exploit the unexpected popularity of the song, Fantasy retitled Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus as Cast Your Fate to the Wind for future album pressings.

Peanuts

Peanuts executive producer Lee Mendelson cited "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" as the tune he heard on the radio that prompted him to commission Guaraldi to compose music cues for the 1963 documentary A Boy Named Charlie Brown , which was ultimately not broadcast due to a lack of sponsorship. The resulting album, Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown , proved to be popular enough to retain Guaraldi's services for A Charlie Brown Christmas . The collaboration between Guaraldi and the entire Peanuts franchise lasted until Guaraldi's death in 1976. [5] "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" has been covered by many artists in a wide range of genres, including both male and female solo vocalists, pop, folk, and rock groups, as well as many instrumental performers.

Cover versions

Instrumental versions

Vocal versions

In film

Charts

Chart (1962)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 22
US Billboard Easy Listening [4] 9
Chart (1965)Peak
position
US Billboard Easy Listening [6] 1

Personnel

Vince Guaraldi Trio

See also

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References

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  2. Vince Guaraldi Trio, Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" at Billboard.com
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