Re: [TANGO-L] La Cumparsita cha cha cha

[Geoff Walker <geoffww @BIGPOND.NET.AU>]

In fact it wasn't "La Cumparsita", but that sound-alike ballroom-tango,
"Hernando's Hideaway" from The Pajama Game (1954), that Debelah Morgan's
2001 hit "Dance with me" was based on.  Richard Adler and Jerry Ross,
writers of the original were given writing credits for "Dance with me"
along with Debelah and Giloh Morgan.

The only vaguely-Argentine arrangement of the original that I know is by
De Angelis, where the title has been Hispanic-ised to "El Escondite de
Hernando".

You will hear an instrumental version of "Dance with me" at :
http://www.debelahmorgan.com/default.htm

Geoff

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Date:    Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:42:43 -0000
From:    John Ward <jmward  @BUN.COM>
Subject: La Cumparsita cha cha cha

OK, I heard this in a bar but I wasn't as drunk as all that. The music
playing was "La Cumparsita" played as a cha-cha. There were words sung by a
female singer, of which the only bit I remember is "Let's make love . . . .
and dance the night away". It sounded really good. The barman didn't know
anything about it, just that it was "on a tape". Is anyone familiar with
this recording? Come to that, has the original march-time arrangement of "La
Cumparsita" been recorded?

John Ward
Bristol, UK

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