South American Way

1939 song by Carmen Miranda
"South American Way"
Carmen Miranda in performance of "South American Way" in Down Argentine Way.
Song by Carmen Miranda
LanguagePortuguese
ReleasedDecember 26, 1939
LabelDecca Records
Songwriter(s)Al Dubin
Composer(s)Jimmy McHugh

"South American Way" is a 1939 song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Al Dubin. Carmen Miranda introduced the song in the 1939 Broadway musical The Streets of Paris. Miranda performed it on-screen a year later in her breakout role for U.S. audiences in the film Down Argentine Way (1940), causing it to become very popular in the United States.[1][2]

Versions

The song became very popular in the United States, and had cover versions by several international artists, and as part of the soundtrack of many American films.

Artist Year
Guy Lombardo 1939
Al Donahue & His Orchestra 1939
The Andrews Sisters & Glenn Miller & Orchestra 1940
Pat Kirkwood 1941
Dinah Shore 1941
Marlene Dietrich 1947
Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman & The Sportsmen Quartet 1949
Marisa Monte 1988
Rebecca Kilgore & Dave Frishberg 1996
Sonia Santana 2004
Arielle Dombasle 2006
Frankie Carle 2007

In movies

Film Director Year
Down Argentine Way Irving Cummings 1940
In This Our Life John Huston 1942
Mildred Pierce[3] Michael Curtiz 1945
Class of '44[4] Paul Bogart 1973
Radio Days[5] Woody Allen 1987
Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business Helena Solberg 1995

References

  1. ^ "SOUTH AMERICAN WAY" - Carmen Miranda Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ DUSSEK, Eduardo, Carmen Miranda: Melodias Cifradas para Guitarra, Violão e Teclados, São Paulo:Publishing Irmãos Vitale, ISBN 85-740-711-02
  3. ^ "Soundtracks: Mildred Pierce (1945)". IMDb. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  4. ^ "Soundtracks: Class of '44 (1973)". IMDb. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  5. ^ "Soundtracks: Radio Days (1987)". IMDb. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
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