Pretty Ballerina

Pretty Ballerina

Infobox Single
Name =Pretty Ballerina


Artist = The Left Banke
from Album = Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
Released = December 1966
B-side ="Lazy Day"
Format =
Recorded = World United, 1595 Broadway NYC
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = Smash
Writer = Michael Brown
Producer =Harry Lookofsky, Steve Jerome, Bill Jerome
Certification =
Last single = "Walk Away Renée"
(1966)
This single ="Pretty Ballerina"
(1966)
Next single ="Ivy Ivy"
(1967)
"Pretty Ballerina" is a song written by pianist Michael Brown (born Michael Lookofsky) and was a top 30 hit for his band the Left Banke in the Billboard top 100 charts. The original Left Banke version of the song, released December 1966, was sung by Steve Martin Caro. The song has appeared in the films "Apocalypse Now" and "Things Behind the Sun" and has been covered by such artists as Alice Cooper, John Mellencamp, Jason Falkner, Eels, Argentine rock star Charly García, Alan Merrill, The Bluetones, and The Dickies.

The song features an oboe being played during the instrumental portion of the song, joining the string quartet, before the music pauses, and goes back to the refrain of the song.

The song is one of a number Brown wrote about Renee Fladen, girlfriend of The Left Banke's guitarist Tom Finn and object of Brown's affection. Other songs written about her include the band's biggest hit "Walk Away Renee" and "She May Call You Up Tonight".

External links

* [http://www.leftbanke.nu/ LeftBanke.nu]
* [http://www.djtomfinn.com/ DJ Tom Finn]
* [http://www.alicecooper.com/ Alice Cooper]


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