"Frenesí" | |
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Single by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra | |
A-side | "Adiós Mariquita Linda" |
Published | December 28, 1939Southern Music Pub. Co., Inc., New York[1] | by
Released | March 29, 1940 |
Recorded | March 3, 1940[2] |
Studio | Victor Studios, Hollywood |
Genre | Swing |
Length | 3:01 |
Label | Victor 26542 |
Composer(s) | Alberto Domínguez Borrás |
Lyricist(s) | Leonard Whitcup[1] |
"Frenesí" (Spanish for 'frenzy') is a 1939 musical piece composed by Alberto Domínguez Borrás for the marimba. It was first recorded as a single by the Mexican singer and actor Ramón Armengod, and went on to become a jazz standard with it having been recorded by hundreds of musicians. The English language version was copyrighted in 1940 by Leonard Whitcup.[3]
A hit version recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra[4] (with an arrangement by William Grant Still) reached number one on the Billboard pop chart on December 21, 1940, staying for 13 weeks,[5] and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.[6]
Other performers who have recorded the song include:
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