The Breeze and I
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"The Breeze and I" is a popular song.
The song is based on a Spanish language song, "Andalucia." The music to the original song was written by Ernesto Lecuona, with Spanish lyrics by Emilio de Torre; the English language lyric was written by Al Stillman.
The best-known versions of the song were by Jimmy Dorsey in 1940 and by Caterina Valente in 1955. Valente's reached #13 in the United States and the top 5 in the United Kingdom in 1955.
The Jimmy Dorsey recording, with a vocal by Bob Eberly, was released by Decca Records as catalog number 3150. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on July 20, 1940 and lasted 9 weeks on the chart, peaking at #2. [1]
The Caterina Valente recording for Polydor was released in England by Decca Records as catalog number 29647. The record first reached the Billboard magazine charts on March 30, 1955 and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13. [1]
[edit] Recorded versions
- Gene Ammons
- Art Blakey
- Willie Bobo
- The Challengers
- Sonny Clark
- Xavier Cugat (charted 1940)
- Vic Damone (charted 1954)
- Plácido Domingo
- Jimmy Dorsey (charted 1940)
- Tommy Dorsey
- Bob Eberly
- Teddy Edwards/Houston Person
- Esquivel
- Percy Faith
- The Flamingos
- The Four Freshmen
- Connie Francis
- Morton Gould
- Barry Harris
- Coleman Hawkins
- Dick Haymes
- Willis Jackson (saxophonist)/Pat Martino
- Paul Lavalle
- Katzenjammers Steelband ("Steelband WIth Velvet Gloves" - Cook 1047 rec. 1957)
- Jeanette MacDonald
- Shelly Manne
- Wes Montgomery
- 101 Strings Orchestra
- Joe Pass
- Jimmy Rowles
- The Shadows
- Dinah Shore
- The Tornados
- Caterina Valente (charted 1955)
- The Ventures
- Lawrence Welk
- Santo & Johnny
- Klaus Wunderlich
[edit] External links
- A more extensive list of recordings
- Song lyric
- Short film about Catarina Valente in which she sings "The Breeze and I"
[edit] References
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research.
