Sway (song)
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"Sway" is the English version of "Quién Será", a 1953 Latin pop song with a mambo beat written by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. In 1954[citation needed] the English lyrics were written by Norman Gimbel and recorded by Dean Martin (this recording reached number fifteen on the Billboard magazine best-seller chart[1] and number six on the UK chart). Since then the song has been recorded and remixed by many artists (see discography below).
[edit] Selective list of recorded versions
- 1950s - Pablo Beltrán Y Su Orchestra
- 1950s - Perez Prado
- 1953 - Eileen Barton, on Coral Records, catalog number 61185, backed with "When Mama Calls"
- 1954 - Dean Martin, on Capitol Records, catalog number 2818, US 15, UK 6
- 1960 - Bobby Rydell, UK 12
- 1960s - Julie London
- 1961 - Ben E. King
- 1967 - Cliff Richard, from his album Don't Stop Me Now
- 1978 - The Boys, from their album Alternative Chartbusters
- 1990 - Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Tríó Guðmundar Ingólfssonar, with Icelandic lyrics (title: Í Dansi Með Þér) (with Björk)
- 1997 - Cabaret Diosa, on the album Hi-Fi Latin Exotica
- 1998 - Anita Kelsey, from the film Dark City
- 1999 - Shaft, titled "(Mucho Mambo) Sway"
- 2003 - Michael Bublé
- 2003 - Peter Cincotti
- 2004 - Jennifer Lopez, recorded "Sway" in English and Spanish in 2004 for Shall We Dance? but was replaced by the Pussycat Dolls' version. Spanish version is a bonus track on Lopez's album Como Ama Una Mujer
- 2004 - Pussycat Dolls, from the film Shall We Dance?
- 2004 - Arielle Dombasle, titled "Quien Sera (Sway)"
- 2004 - diam's, sample in the title "DJ" (with French lyrics)
- 2005 - Aaron Kwok, titled "飛" ("Sway" - Cantonese version)
- 2006 - The Puppini Sisters
- 2007 - Santiago g, There For You - the EP (www.myspace.com/nmsantiago)
- 2007 - Thomas "Tiger" Marion and his band, the Shiny Lapel Trio. The song is featured on a national television commercial launching the fall fashion line for Kohl's department store.[2]
- 2007 - Abdalla Omar had sing sway with Amr Diab by Arabic( Amr Diab sing it with different lyric & Arrangement)
- No date known:
- Bombay Jim & The Swinging Sapphires
- Celia Cruz (Original ¿Quien Sera?)
- Tony Brent
- Cab Calloway
- Cat Pack
- Rosemary Clooney
- Perry Como
- Billy Daniels
- Dead Ringer
- Tav Falco's Panther Burns
- Lannie Garrett
- Good Morning Blues
- Hit Crew
- Rebecca Kilgore
- Number Nine
- Powerman 5000
- Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra
- Billy Vaughn
- Lawrence Welk
- Bernie Woods & The Forest
- Franco Corso
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
- ^ Brian Williams. "OHS grad's band swings single into national TV commercial ", The Ottawa Herald, 2007-09-29. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.
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