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Begin the Beguine

For the film, see Begin the Beguine (film). For the Julio Iglesias album, see Begin the Beguine (album). Not to be confused with Begin the Begin.

"Begin the Beguine"
Single by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra (original issues as "Art" Shaw)
A-side"Indian Love Call"
PublishedOctober 16, 1935 (1935-10-16) by Harms, Inc., New York[1]
ReleasedAugust 17, 1938 (1938-08-17)[2]
RecordedJuly 24, 1938 (1938-07-24)[3]
StudioRCA Victor, New York City
GenreSwing
Length3:22
LabelBluebird B-7746
Composer(s)Cole Porter; arranged by Artie Shaw and Jerry Gray

"Begin the Beguine" is a popular song written by Cole Porter. Porter composed the song during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard the Cunard ocean liner Franconia from Kalabahi, Indonesia, to Fiji.[4] In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee, produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.[5]

The first successful recording was a swing orchestral version released by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra in 1938. In 1981, Julio Iglesias released a Spanish language version which reached No. 1 on the U.K. chart, the first fully Spanish song to top the chart in the country.

  1. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1935). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1935 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 30 Pt 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ "Bluebird B-7746 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  3. ^ "Victor matrix BS-024079. Begin the beguine / Artie Shaw Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  4. ^ Cryer, Max. "Love Me Tender: the stories behind the world's favourite songs" (Auckland: Exisie Publishing Co., 2008), pp. 86–89
  5. ^ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 219. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.

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