One Of My Favorite English Hit Songs!
An all-time favorite is "Begin
the Beguine." The song was composed by Cole Porter. during a 1935 Pacific
cruise aboard Cunard's ocean liner Franconia. In October 1935, it was
introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee, Later, the orchestral version was conducted by Artie Shaw
At first, the song gained little popularity, perhaps because of its unconventional form. Josephine Baker danced to it in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936. Two years later band leader Artie Shaw recorded a swing orchestra version of the song..
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