Frenesi

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Artie Shaw recording

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Songwriter Alberto Domínguez (right) with Artie Shaw in 1941

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:

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

References

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