Editing Baby Elephant Walk (section)

{{short description|1961 song by Henry Mancini and Hal David}}
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| artist     = [[Henry Mancini|Henry Mancini and his Orchestra]]
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| released   = 1962
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| writer     = [[Henry Mancini]] (music), [[Hal David]] (lyrics)
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"'''Baby Elephant Walk'''" is a song composed in 1961 by [[Henry Mancini]] for the 1962 film ''[[Hatari!]]''<ref name=pc23>{{cite AV media
 | first1=John |last1=Gilliland |first2=Henry |last2=Mancini 
 | author-link1=John Gilliland |author-link2=Henry Mancini
 | date = February 1969
 | title = Show 23 - Smack Dab in the Middle on Route 66: A skinny dip in the easy listening mainstream. [Part 2]
 | chapter = Chapter 11 - Track 4 - Henry Mancini
 | chapter-url = https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19778/m1/
 | medium = Radio broadcast
 | language = en-US
 | url = https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19778/
 | work = John Gilliland’s "The Pop Chronicles"
 | access-date = 24 March 2020
 | time = 8
 | location = [[Denton, Texas]]
 | publisher = [[KRLA]]
 | quote = I've found I like to think past the obvious when I get a scene to do, if the scene will take it. Now the typical example is the Baby Elephant walk.
 }}</ref> Lyrics by [[Hal David]] were not used in the film version. The instrumental earned Mancini a [[Grammy Award]] for Best Instrumental Arrangement in {{grammy|1963}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/5th-annual-grammy-awards-1962|title=5th Annual GRAMMY Awards (1962)|date=2017-11-28|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=24 March 2020|publisher=[[The Recording Academy|National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|quote=Best Instrumental Arrangement: ''Winner'', Henry Mancini, Baby Elephant Walk.  Henry Mancini, arranger (Henry Mancini)}}</ref>