Frenesi
| "Frenesí" | |
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| Single by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra | |
| A-side | "Adiós Mariquita Linda" |
| B-side | "Frenesí" |
| Released | March 29, 1940 |
| Recorded | March 3, 1940 |
| Studio | Victor Studios, Hollywood |
| Length | 3:01 |
| Label | Victor |
| Songwriter(s) | Alberto Domínguez |
| Audio samples | |
 The March 3, 1940 Artie Shaw recording
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"Frenesí" is a musical piece originally composed by Alberto Domínguez for the marimba, and adapted as a jazz standard by Leonard Whitcup and others.
Background[]
The word frenesí is Spanish for "frenzy".
Artie Shaw recording[]
Songwriter Alberto Domínguez (right) with Artie Shaw in 1941
A hit version recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra[1] (with an arrangement by William Grant Still) reached number one on the Billboard pop chart on December 21, 1940, staying for 13 weeks[2] and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.[3]
Cover versions[]
Other performers who have recorded the song include:
- Les Brown
- Dave Brubeck
- Betty Carter
- June Christy
- Natalie Cole
- Ray Charles
- Bing Crosby
- Tommy Dorsey
- The Four Freshmen
- Eydie Gorme
- Woody Herman
- Earl Hines
- Harry James
- Ben E. King
- Steve Lawrence
- Billy May
- Glenn Miller
- Anita O'Day
- Perez Prado
- Cliff Richard
- Linda Ronstadt
- Jack Emblow,
- Pat Suzuki
- Frank Sinatra
- Three X Sisters vocals with the Watson Orchestra
- Caterina Valente
- Jesus Chino Miranda.
- a song from Midern Theatres movie *Vallavan Oruvan
In popular culture[]
- World War II flying ace Major (later Brigadier General) Thomas Hayes named his P-51 Frenesi after the song.[4] He said it was a tribute to his wife Louise, for the song they listened to; he believed the song's name translated as "Love Me Tenderly".
- The Artie Shaw recording was used in the soundtrack of the 1980 film Raging Bull.[5]
- Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland features a character named Frenesi Gates, "her name celebrating the record by Artie Shaw that was all over the jukeboxes and airwaves in the last days of the war".
See also[]
- List of 1930s jazz standards
- List of number-one singles of 1940 (U.S.)
- List of number-one singles of 1941 (U.S.)
References[]
- ^ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #5". 1972.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank (May 23, 2016). Chronology of American Popular Music, 1900-2000. London; New York: Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-415-97715-9. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". Grammy.org. The Recording Academy. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ^ Robert F. Dorr, Air Combat: An Oral History of Fighter Pilots, 2007.
- ^ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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