The first commercial recording, however, was made by Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, on 5 September, 1935, and released the following month on Victor 25133. "Begin The Beguine" was first performed by June Knight in the stage musical "Jubilee" in 1935. The tune was also changed, but elements of the Cole Porter "original" (heck, even he wasn't original!) can clearly be heard. Elvis liked the number, too, but there were problems involved with him recording it, so he decided to rewrite it, which he promptly did, with the help of friends Charlie Hodge and Red West. It seems that this was his favourite song. The best known version, however, is probably that of Ray Charles who had a huge hit with it in 1962.Įlvis recorded "You Don't Know Me" twice: firstly the film version (used in "Clambake") and then again on Monday, September 11, 1967, for record release.Ĭole Porter wrote the number "Begin The Beguine" in the early thirties, basing it on a dance from Martinique. Eddy Arnold may have made the first recording of this number, but Jerry Vale's was first released. That was the genesis of "You Don't Know Me." Arnold's original version was recorded on 1 December, 1955, and released as a single on RCA Victor 20-6502 and 47-6502 in April 1956. In 1955 Arnold had a storyline for a song and asked songwriter Cindy Walker to write something based on it.
He enjoyed a remarkable recording career and was also active in television and films. Tom Parker (yes, that Tom Parker), became his manager and he signed to RCA Victor in 1944. By the age of sixteen, he was singing on local radio stations and by 1943 had performed as a solo artist on the Grand Ole Opry. Some commentators link "You Better Run" to another song, "(You Better) Let That Liar Alone." Personally, the link sems very tenuous to me, but this just helps to indicate the difficulties in locating the origins (and originals) of such traditional numbers.Įddy Arnold was born on 15 May, 1918, near Henderson, Tennessee. The Gospel Light Jubilee Singers recorded their version on 1 February 1939 in the Andrew Jackson Hotel, Rock Hill, North Carolina, as "You Better Run On." It was released that same year on Bluebird B-8196, as the B-side of "Sit Down, Child." The August 1939 recording of the number by the Norfolk Jubilee singers on Decca 7758 more closely matches the song as later recorded by Elvis. However, this is a different number altogether. Probably a number that has to be classified as "traditional"-it is at the very least extremely difficult to find any information about it! The first recording I have been able to find with the title "You Better Run" dates from 1923, on the Document label, number DOCD-5520, by the Homer Rodeheaver and Wiseman Sextet. Note that Manuelita Arriola was also known as Manolita Arriola.Įnglish lyrics were written in 1943 by Ray Gilbert, and introduced by the voice of Dora Luz on the soundtrack of Walt Disney's feature-length Donald Duck cartoon "The Three Caballeros" in 1944, but this also seems not to have been released as a commercial recording.Ī recording of Agustín Lara himself singing "Solamente Una Vez" was made in 1953 by RCA. Some reports refer to Peerless 1779, but I have been unable to confirm this, having found definite reference only to Peerless 1996. Garrido and released on the Mexican label Peerless (matrix 1298-41). (Shortly after making the film, Mojica became a Franciscan monk and was to die in utter poverty in 1974.) The first commercial recording was then made later that same year by Manuelita Arriola con la Orquesta Juan S. The number was first performed by Ana María González and José Mojica in the film "Melodia de America," which was made in 1941, but this seems not to have been released as a commercial recording. Written as "Solamente Una Vez" in 1941, with both lyrics and music by Agustin Lara, known as the "Cole Porter of Mexico" for composing some of the country's most beloved classic melodies.
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