“ Sway ” is the English version of the Mexican mambo “ ¿Quién será? ", Which was composed in 1953 by Pablo Beltran Ruiz (1915-2008), the head of the jazz orchestra in Mexico City .
The English text was written by Ruiz Gimbel in music in 1954 [1] . Then the song was recorded by Dean Martin , and this version took 15th place in the US sales chart [2] and 6th place in the UK .
Cover versions
- 1953 - Pablo Beltran and his orchestra
- 1954 - Dean Martin
- 1954 - Eileen Barton , entitled "Sway (Quien Sera)"
- 1954 - Olavi Virta (in Finnish)
- 1958 - Claudia Shulzhenko , entitled "Who are you" (in Russian)
- 1958 - Alexandra Kovalenko (in Russian)
- 1959 - The Peanuts , called Quién Será ( Japanese キ エ ン セ ラ ) (in Japanese)
- 1960 - Perez Prado and Rosemary Clooney from their album “ A Touch of Tabasco ”
- 1960 - Bobby Rydell
- 1961 - Ben & King , from his album "Spanish Harlem"
- 1963 - Cliff Richard , from his album When In Spain
- 1963 - Julie London , from her album Latin in a Satin Mood
- 1976 - Ajda Pekkan , from her album Süperstar , entitled Kim Ne Derse Desin (in Turkish)
- 1990 - Björk and the bands “ Trio Guðmundar Ingólfssonar ”, from their album “Gling-Gló” , entitled “Í dansi með þér” (in Icelandic)
- 1997 - Brent Spiner in the film "On the High Seas"
- 1998 - Anita Kelsey performed for the movie Dark City . The song is synchronized with the lips of the character Jennifer Connelly in the scene of her performance.
- 1999 - Shaft , titled "(Mucho Mambo) Sway"
- 2000 - Athena , from their album " Tam Zamanı Şimdi ", entitled "Macera" (in Turkish)
- 2001 - the film " Noon with Gaudi "
- 2002 - Pedro Fernandez , entitled "¿Quien será?" (In Spanish)
- 2003 - Michael Bublé , from his personal album "Michael Bublé"
- 2003 - Peter Cincotti , from his personal album " Peter Cincotti "
- 2004 - Pussycat Dolls , in the movie Let's Dance
- 2004 - Ariel Domballe , from her album Amor Amor, entitled Quién Será (Sway)
- 2005 - Aaron Kwok , titled “飛” (“Sway” - Cantonese version)
- 2005 - Walid Soroor (Afghan singer), titled "Yar Nazanin" (in Persian)
- 2007 - Rula Zaki (Egyptian singer), entitled “Albi Dak” (in Arabic and English), later, in 2010, entered the name album “Rula”
- 2007 - The Puppini Sisters , Montreal Jazz Fest Compilation 2007 (Various Artists)
- 2009 - Haifa Wehby , Lebanese actress and singer
- 2010 - Paul Byrom of Celtic Thunder , an Irish folk band
- 2010 - Mohsen Namjoo , in the song "Dowr-e Iran-o Khat Bekesh" (دور ایرانو خط بکش) (in Persian)
- 2010 - Matthew Morrison , in an episode of the television series " Chorus "
- 2017 - Mark Tishman , in the television program "New Year with Vladimir Spivakov "
- Placido Domingo , filmed clip
- Angelica Varum called “Rumba” (in Russian) [3] in the movie First Ambulance , 2006
- Soprano 10 - Sway / The Burnt Sun (Lazy passion)
- Rosemary Clooney
- Oleg Pogudin - Sway
- Markus Haider - “Sway” (stylization of the show of the 60s)
Notes
- ↑ Jacobs, Dick. Who Wrote That Song ?. - Cincinnati: Betterway Publications, 1988 .-- ISBN 1558701001 .
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. Top Pop Records 1940-1955. - Record Research, 1973.
- ↑ Angelika Varum “Rumba”