Frenesi
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Artie Shaw recording
A hit version recorded by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra[2] (with an arrangement by William Grant Still) reached number one on the Billboard pop chart on December 21, 1940, staying for 13 weeks,[3] and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.[4]
Cover versions
Other performers who have recorded the song include:
- Julie London
- Les Brown
- Dave Brubeck on his 1967 album, Bravo! Brubeck!
- Betty Carter
- Gerry Mulligan
- June Christy
- Natalie Cole
- Ray Charles
- Bing Crosby
- Tommy Dorsey
- Victor Feldman
- The Four Freshmen
- Eydie Gormé
- Woody Herman
In popular culture
- World War II flying ace Major (later Brigadier General) Thomas L. Hayes named his P-51 Frenesi after the song.[5] 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.[6]
- 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
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