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BEGIN THE BEGUINE 1a 1b
Written by: Cole Porter
Performed by: The Andrews Sisters with Glenn Miller & His Orchestra 2 3a 3b
First released: 4
Single: 1943 (See notes 1a and 3a.)
Album: 1976 5

1a "Begin the Beguine" by Cole Porter when he was sitting at the piano in the bar of the Ritz
Hotel in Paris in 1934. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway
musical Jubilee produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City. The song is notable for its
108-measure length, departing drastically from the conventional thirty-two-bar form that was
the standard for a popular song of this time. Porter once said of the song, "I can never
remember it - if I want to play it I need to see the music in front of me!" Probably due to
its exceedingly long form and not being "conventional" (e.g., thirty-two-bars) at first the
song made little impact with regard to general popularity. Three years later, however,
bandleader Artie Shaw wrote an arrangement of the song in collaboration with his right-hand,
arranger/orchestrator, Jerry Gray. Upon entering the recording studio after signing a new
recording contract with RCA Victor records in the summer of 1938, Shaw wanted "Begin the
Beguine" to be the first of six tunes he would record at his initial recording session on
July 24th. Until then Shaw's band had been having a very tough time finding an identity and
maintaining its existence without having had any popular hits of significance. At the time,
though, recording managers at RCA Victor had no interest in Shaw recording the song and
it was only as a result of Shaw's pleading that they allowed him to record it. RCA's pessimism
with the whole idea of recording the long tune "that nobody could remember from beginning to
end anyway" sealed its fate as being released on the "B" side of the record it appeared on.
Shaw's persistance to record it was justified, though, and it became a best-selling record in
1938 by Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, issued by Bluebird Records #B-7746. The release of this
recording skyrocketed Shaw him and his band to fame and popularity and indeed, the song
became one of the most famous and popular anthems of the entire Swing Era. Later on, when
composer Cole Porter met the by-then famous bandleader, he jokingly remarked to Shaw, "I'm
glad to finally meet my collaborator." Shaw reportedly replied, "Does this mean I get half
of the royalties?"

1b A beguine is a spirited ballroom dance. Since "begin" and "beguine" are often pronounced
the same by some people, it is common to see the song's title misspelled as "Begin the
Begin," or as when used satirically by R.E.M. as the title to a track on thier album Lifes
Rich Pageant.

2 On this recording:
Patty Andrews (lead vocals)
Maxene Andrews (high harmony)
LaVerne Andrews (low harmony)

3a Artie Shaw & His Orchestra was the first to record "Begin the Beguine" in 1938. See Note 1a.
Also covered by:
* Django Reinhardt recorded it for his album Djangology in 1936.
* Tony Martin had a hit with it in 1939.
* Deanna Durbin in the film Hers to Hold from 1943.
* Carlos Ramiriz, in the movie Night and Day , 1946.
* Jo Stafford recorded a version in 1950.
* Ella Fitzgerald recorded a version for the Cole Porter Songbook records on Verve in 1956.
* Mario Lanza recorded a successful version of the song in the late 50s.
* Liberace recorded a spirited version, and also performed it with his
brother George Liberace on his live Liberace television show in 1959.
* Sammy Davis, Jr. recorded a version of this on The Wham of Sam (1961).
* Pete Townshend recorded a version for the album Happy Birthday (1970).
* Johnny Mathis recorded a successful disco version in 1979.
* Tuck Andress recorded a version on his album Reckless Precision (1990).
* Dionne Warwick recorded it on her album Sings Cole Porter (1990).
* Melora Hardin in the South Seas Club scene in the movie The Rocketeer (1991).
* Michael Nesmith of The Monkees recorded a version on his solo album
Tropical Campfires (1992).
* Pearl Django recorded a gypsy jazz version on their album Avalon (2000).
* Sheryl Crow in the movie about Cole Porter, De-Lovely (2004).
* Julio Iglesias revived it and it became a major hit across Europe (1981).
* Ray Anthony
* Chet Atkens
* The Ray Coniff Singers
* Perry Como
* Xavier Cougat & His Orchestra
* Percy Faith & His Orchestra
* The Flamingos
* Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
* Harry James & His Orchestra
* Tom Jones
* Mario Lanza
* The Limelighters
* Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
* Frank Sinatra
* Kaye Starr
* Andy Williams
and many more.

3b Use in other media:
* Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell danced to an instrumental version in Broadway Melody of
1940 (1940).
* Referenced in the animated movie Yellow Submarine (1968) in a conversation between the
characters John and Jeremy.
* Referenced in the movie The Worst Witch, (1986) during the song "Anything Can Happen on
Halloween" sung by Tim Curry as The Grand Wizard.
* Featured in the documentary The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1989), during the
chapters in which Hank is drafted into the armed forces and in a part of the chapter about
the relationship between Hank and his wife, Caral.
* Referenced in the movie The Aristocrats (2005), as the song Susie Essman's grandmother
plays every night.
* A character in Michael Ondaatje's Divisadero (2007) refers to this song several times.
* Instrumental music played during a ballroom scene in the 2008 movie "Australia" includes
"Begin the Beguine."
* The song is quoted musically and affectionately parodied in Noel Coward's Nina from
Argentina.
* Mentioned several times in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex. Milton Stephanides, father of
the novel's main character, Cal, plays the song on his clarinet in order to woo Tessie,
Cal's mother.
* Mentioned in Jimmy Buffett's novel A Salty Piece of Land.
* In the Little Mermaid song Under the Sea, Sebastian the crab sings "When the sardines
begin the beguines, it's music to me."
* In the short story "Julio Iglesias" by Haruki Murakami, Iglesias' recording of the song
proves to be unbearable to a group of sea turtles.
* Tom Lehrer refers to it in his song "Alma" - "Her lovers were many and varied/From the
day she began her -- beguine."
* Medal of Honor recipient Ernie Yost sings the song in an episode of NCIS when he proclaims
his love for Artie Shaw over Benny Goodman in the episode Call of Silence.
* In the Valentine's Day episode of the hit sitcom The Golden Girls, Julio Iglesias & Sophia
(Estelle Getty) sing the first line.
* In a 6th season West Wing episode called "A Good Day", President Bartlet (Martin Sheen)
sings part of the song while dancing in the Oval Office with the First Lady, Abby Bartlet
(Stockard Channing).
* In Episode 8 of Twin Peaks, character Leland Palmer regains consciousness after collapsing
and menacingly exclaims "I feel good... Begin the beguine!".
* On the "Chess (musical)" Concept Album in the song "Mountain Duet", the Russian sings
"Get to the point, begin the beguine".
* In The Violins of Saint-Jacques by Patrick Leigh Fermor, the beguine is described as "the
dance that more than any other typifies the fusion of African and French influences in the
Antilles."
et al.

4 Released on: *
ALBUM(s):
(a)The Andrews Sisters: At Their Very Best
(1) Pair, 16-Track CD, #1159-2, US-1993.
(2) Pair, 16-Track Cassette, #1159-4, US-1993.

(b)The Ultimate Andrews Sisters
(1) EMI, 28-Track CD, #581348-2, US-2003 6 .
et al.

* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions of the song than the
one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not intended to be the complete discography on
which this song appears.

5 The Andrews sisters recorded this song in 1943, but I haven't been able to find any info
on what media it might have released prior to 1976, which is the first written documentation
I can find for an album that contains the song.

6 Transcribed from the track on this album.

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