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1940 single by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
"Frenesí " is a musical piece originally composed by
Alberto Domínguez Borrás 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
[3] (with an
arrangement by
William Grant Still ) reached number one on the
Billboard pop chart on December 21, 1940, staying for 13 weeks,
[4] and was inducted into the
Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.
[5]
Cover versions
Other performers who have recorded the song include:
In popular culture
World War II
flying ace Major (later Brigadier General)
Thomas L. Hayes named his
P-51 Frenesi after the song.
[7] 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 .
[8]
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
References
^
a
b Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1940).
Catalog of Copyright Entries 1940 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 35 Pt 3 For the Year 1940 . United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
^
"Victor matrix PBS-042546. Frenesi / Artie Shaw Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings" . adp.library.ucsb.edu . Retrieved May 25, 2022 .
^
"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 .
^
"www.allmusic.com" . allmusic.com . Retrieved November 20, 2022 .
^ Robert F. Dorr, Air Combat: An Oral History of Fighter Pilots , 2007.
^
"Internet Movie Database" . imdb.com . Retrieved May 12, 2017 .
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
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