Sway (song)

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"Sway" is the English version of "¿Quién será?", a 1953 mambo song 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 (his 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).

The English version begins: "When marimba rhythms start to play, dance with me, make me sway".

[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
• 1960 - Perez Prado and Rosemary Clooney, from A Touch of Tabasco^[2]
• 1961 - Ben E. King, from Spanish Harlem^[3]
• 1963 - Julie London, from "Latin in a Satin Mood"^[4]
• 1998 - Anita Kelsey, from the film Dark City
• 1999 - Shaft, titled "(Mucho Mambo) Sway"
• 1999 - Number Nine, from Mood Swings^[5]
• 2001 - Mellow Trax-Sway (Mucho Mambo)
• 2003 - Michael Bublé, from his self-titled album^[6]
• 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)
• 2005 - Patrick Lindner on the album Gigolo
• 2006 - The Puppini Sisters
• 2007 -[Amr Diab from El lilady Album, the arranger could manage the instrumental arrangement of Sway (not stolen, but inspired)]
• 2007 - Santiago g, There For You - the EP (www.myspace.com/nmsantiago)
• 2007 - Melinda Doolittle on American Idol Season 6, Top 8 Round, Latin Week
• 2007 - Thomas "Tiger" Marion and the Shiny Lapel Trio, in a TV commercial for Kohl's department store.^[7]
• 2008 - Shaft - Sway 2008

• No date known:
  • Bombay Jim & The Swinging Sapphires
  • Celia Cruz (Original ¿Quien Sera?)
  • Tony Brent
  • Cat Pack
  • Perry Como
  • Billy Daniels
  • Dead Ringer
  • Tav Falco's Panther Burns
  • Lannie Garrett
  • Good Morning Blues
  • Hit Crew
  • Rebecca Kilgore
  • Powerman 5000
  • Edmundo Ros & His Orchestra
  • Billy Vaughn
  • Lawrence Welk
  • Bernie Woods & The Forest
  • Franco Corso

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