Frenesi

"Frenesí"
Single by Artie Shaw
A-side	"Adiós Mariquita Linda"
B-side	"Frenesí"
Format	78rpm phonograph record
Length	3:00
Label	RCA Victor
Writer(s)	Alberto Domínguez

"Frenesí" is a musical piece originally composed by Alberto Domínguez for the marimba, and adapted as a jazz standard by Leonard Whitcup and others. The word frenesí is Spanish for "frenzy".

A hit version recorded by Artie Shaw (with an arrangement by William Grant Still) reached number one on the Billboard pop chart on December 21, 1940. and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1982.

Other performers who have recorded the song include Les Brown, Dave Brubeck, Betty Carter, June Christy, Betty Carter, Natalie Cole, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby, Tommy Dorsey, The Four Freshmen, Eydie Gorme, Woody Herman, Earl Hines, Harry James, Ben E. King, Steve Lawrence, Billy May, Glenn Miller, Anita O'Day, Perez Prado, Cliff Richard, Linda Ronstadt, Jack Emblow, Pat Suzuki, Frank Sinatra, Three X Sisters vocals with the Watson Orchestra, and Caterina Valente.

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