![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/music-fans-just-realising-ncis-star-david-mccallum-wrote-iconic-hip-hop-sample/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/crop-24152570.jpg&description=TELLY fans are only just learning late screen legend David McCallum was responsible for one of hip hop's most famous samples. Twenty four years after its release, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg 's The Next Episode remains a classic of the genre. 3 David McCallum wrote the musical hook for an all time great hip hop track Credit: Getty 3 His work was sampled by Dr Dre on track The Next Episode Credit: Getty But many people were unaware the West Coast rap anthem's instantly recognisable hook dates back to the 1960s. The catchy riff was lovingly borrowed from NCIS and The Man From U.N.C.L.E actor McCallum's jazz tack The Edge. The British actor, who died on Monday in New York aged 90 , could not have foreseen that his tune's intro would be borrowed wholesale by Dre four decades later and be given a new, ultra successful, lease of life. So popular was the rapper's track, that more than 40 artists have now sampled McCallum's The Edge. One shocked fan wrote on YouTube: "I was listening to '1960s lounge music' on Spotify and this song came on.. at first in like wtf is Dr. Dre doing on here this song is so dope." Another fans said: "This is amazing. Can't believe I'd never heard this story before. Dr. Dre and David McCallum, the great collaboration." A third said: "Well finding out that David McCallum has a writing credit on Dr Dre's "The Next Episode" has made my Tuesday morning." McCallum was a lifelong musician having been taught to play the violin and oboe as a schoolboy in his native Scotland . His development was overseen by renowned oboe player and member of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Brain, and eventually McCallum went on to balance a professional music career alongside his acting work. He released four albums with Capitol Records in the 60s at the same time he played Russian spy Illya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E., earning himself two Emmy nominations along the way. While in later life he was better known as Chief Medical Examiner Ducky in US crime franch){kind=link}
TELLY fans are only just learning late screen legend David McCallum was responsible for one of hip hop’s most famous samples.
Twenty four years after its release, Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg’s The Next Episode remains a classic of the genre.
But many people were unaware the West Coast rap anthem’s instantly recognisable hook dates back to the 1960s.
The catchy riff was lovingly borrowed from NCIS and The Man From U.N.C.L.E actor McCallum’s jazz tack The Edge.
The British actor, who died on Monday in New York aged 90, could not have foreseen that his tune’s intro would be borrowed wholesale by Dre four decades later and be given a new, ultra successful, lease of life.