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"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.

"Frenesí"
Single by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra
A-side	"Adiós Mariquita Linda"
Published	December 28, 1939 (1939-12-28) by Southern Music Pub. Co., Inc., New York[1]
Released	March 29, 1940 (1940-03-29)
Recorded	March 3, 1940 (1940-03-03)[2]
Studio	Victor Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Swing
Length	3:01
Label	Victor 26542
Composer(s)	Alberto Domínguez Borrás
Lyricist(s)	Leonard Whitcup[1]

Background

The word frenesí is Spanish for "frenzy".

Artie Shaw recording

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:

• Julie London
• 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
• The Ritchie Family
• Jesus Chino Miranda.
• Movie score by Vedha a song from Midern Theatres movie *Vallavan Oruvan

In popular culture

• World War II flying ace Major (later Brigadier General) Thomas L. Hayes named his P-51 Frenesi after the song.[6] 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.[7]
• 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

На других языках

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[de] Frenesi

Frenesí in der Fassung von Artie Shaw aus dem Jahre 1940 ist der Titel einer Instrumentalaufnahme und als mehrfacher Millionenseller einer der erfolgreichsten Titel der Swing-Ära und der erfolgreichste Titel Artie Shaws.

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- [en] Frenesi

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[es] Frenesí (canción)

Frenesí es un chachachá del compositor mexicano Alberto Domínguez Borrás (1911-1975). Compuesto originalmente para marimba, se hizo mucho más popular en su versión cantada.

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