- I Get Ideas
"I Get Ideas" is a popular
song .Origin
The music is a 1927 "tango-canción" (tango with lyrics) called " Adios, Muchachos", composed by Argentinian Julio Cesar Sanders (often credited in the U.S. as "Lenny Sanders"). [http://www.todotango.com/ENGLISH/biblioteca/partituras/partitura.asp?id=596] The English lyric (which has nothing to do with the original Spanish lyric by Cesar Felipe Vedani) is by
Dorcas Cochran , and was published in 1951.North American hit recordings
The best-known version of the song was the recording by Tony Martin. It was recorded on
April 16 ,1951 and released byRCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4141. It first reached theBillboard magazine charts onMay 25 ,1951 and lasted 30 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3. cite book
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Louis Armstrong was recorded onJuly 24 ,1951 and released byDecca Records as catalog number 27720. It first reached theBillboard magazine charts onAugust 24 ,1951 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13. It was the flip side of "A Kiss to Build a Dream on ."The song was also recorded by
Peggy Lee onMay 16 ,1951 . It was released byCapitol Records as catalog number 1573.Television and Movie appearances
"I Get Ideas" is sung by
Desi Arnaz playing Ricky Ricardo on "I Love Lucy " in episode 31 "The Publicity Agent" first aired on May 12,1952 andLucille Ball sings the song as Lucy Ricardo in episode 130 of "I Love Lucy", "Lucy and the Dummy" which was broadcast on October 17, 1955.As "Adios, Muchachos", the song is featured on the soundtracks of the 1992 movie
Scent of a Woman andWoody Allen 's 2006 movie, Scoop. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809118983 Reference from movie site on Yahoo] ]In 1997, it was used on the soundtrack of
The Full Monty ."I Get Ideas" also appears on the soundtrack to the 1998 film The Impostors. The recording is credited to
Elizabeth Bracco &Lewis J. Stadlen with Gary DeMichele & Band.References
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