This song is, if Wikipedia is to be believed, the only hit song in the history of the Billboard pop chart to feature a Native American chant. It's a mixture of chanting and mellow jazz.
Everything Is Everything was a short-lived band featuring Jim Pepper (1941-1992), a saxophonist, composer, and singer of Kaw and Muscogee heritage. "Witchi Tai To" reached #64 on the Billboard chart. It was covered by a number of artists, including The Supremes, who recorded a version in 1969 that was not released until 2022.
Pepper went on after this to continue to record his fusion of jazz and Native American music. He died in 1992 of lymphoma.
Created January 7, 2026.