Frenesi

"Frenesí" is a musical piece originally composed by Alberto Domínguez 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"
B-side"Frenesí"
ReleasedMarch 29, 1940
RecordedMarch 3, 1940
StudioVictor Studios, Hollywood
Length3:01
LabelVictor
Songwriter(s)Alberto Domínguez
Audio samples
The March 3, 1940 Artie Shaw recording
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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:

  • 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

References

  1. "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #5". 1972.
  2. 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.
  3. "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". Grammy.org. The Recording Academy. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
  4. Robert F. Dorr, Air Combat: An Oral History of Fighter Pilots, 2007.
  5. "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.



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