- Frenesi
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Name = Frenesi
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Artist =Artie Shaw
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A-side = "Adios Mariquita Linda"
B-side = "Frenesi"
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Format = 78rpm phonograph record
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Length = 3:00
Label = RCA Victor
Composer = Alberto Dominguez & Leonard Whitcup
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Misc = "Frenesi" is a musical piece originally composed byAlberto Dominguez for themarimba , and adapted as ajazz standard by Leonard Whitcup and others. A hit version recorded byArtie Shaw (with anarrangement byWilliam Grant Still ) reached #1 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart on December 21,1940 . Other performers who have recorded the song includeHarry James ,Tommy Dorsey ,Glenn Miller ,June Christy ,The Four Freshmen ,Anita O'Day ,Betty Carter ,Woody Herman ,Les Brown ,Perez Prado ,Linda Ronstadt ,Eydie Gorme andFrank Sinatra .Thomas Pynchon 's 1990 novelVineland features a character namedFrenesi Gates .The word "frenesi" is the Spanish equivalent of "frenzy".
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