Single: “Country Preacher” – Cannonball Adderley Quintet

• Record Company- Capitol
• Genre: Jazz
• Written by- Joe Zawinul
• Time: 3:11
• B-side:”Hummin'”
• Album- Country Preacher
• Grade: B
• Peaked: #86 3 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.

Born Julian Adderley in Tampa, Florida in 1928- Adderley died in 1975 at the age of 46. Cannonball Adderley had 5 Hot 100 singles from 1961-70 and 1 that made the Top 40- “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” #11 in 1967. His older brother Nat Adderley was a noted jazz trumpeter.”Country Preacher” is an instrumental.