South American Way

"South American Way"
Carmen Miranda in performance of "South American Way" in Down Argentine Way's scene.
Song by Carmen Miranda
Released	December 26, 1939
Label	Decca Records
Writer	Al Dubin
Composer	Jimmy McHugh
Language	Portuguese

"South American Way" is a 1939 song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Al Dubin. This tune is commonly associated with both the Andrews Sisters and Carmen Miranda, who introduced the song in the 1939 stage musical Streets Of Paris (which starred Abbott & Costello). Carmen 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
Sonia Santana	2004
Arielle Dombasle	2006
Frankie Carle	2007

In movies

Film	Director	Year
Down Argentine Way	Irving Cummings	1940
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

↑ "SOUTH AMERICAN WAY" - Carmen Miranda
↑ DUSSEK, Eduardo, Carmen Miranda: Melodias Cifradas para Guitarra, Violão e Teclados, São Paulo:Publishing Irmãos Vitale, ISBN 85-740-711-02
↑ "Soundtracks: Mildred Pierce (1945)". IMDb. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
↑ "Soundtracks: Class of '44 (1973)". IMDb. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
↑ "Soundtracks: Radio Days (1987)". IMDb. Retrieved May 31, 2014.

Songs recorded by Carmen Miranda

Singles

"Aquarela do Brasil"
"Baião Ca-Room' Pa Pa"
"Bambú, Bambú"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
"Chica Chica Boom Chic"
"Delicado"
"Disseram que Voltei Americanizada"
"I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)"
"Mamãe Eu Quero"
"No Tabuleiro da Baiana"
"Na Baixa do Sapateiro"
"O que é que a Baiana tem?"
"Paducah"
"Rebola, Bola"
"South American Way"
"Tic-tac do Meu Coração"
"Tico-Tico no Fubá"
"The Wedding Samba"
"When I Love I Love"
"Yipsee-I-O"

The Andrews Sisters

LaVerne Andrews Maxene Andrews Patty Andrews

Singles	"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Shortenin' Bread" "Oh! Ma-Ma!" "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" "Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)" "Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy)" "The Woodpecker Song" "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" "Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat" "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" "I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" "(I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time" "Sonny Boy" "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" "Mister Five By Five" "Pistol Packin' Mama" "Jingle Bells" "Shoo-Shoo Baby" "Down In the Valley" "Straighten Up and Fly Right" "Tico Tico" "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" "A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" "Don't Fence Me In" "Rum and Coca-Cola" "Accentuate the Positive" "The Three Caballeros" "Along the Navajo Trail" "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" "I Don't Know Why" "House of Blue Lights" "Rumors Are Flying" "Winter Wonderland" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "Near You" "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" "Sabre Dance" "Underneath the Arches" "You Call Everybody Darling" "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" "I Can Dream, Can't I?" "Charley, My Boy" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" "The Wedding Samba" "I Wanna Be Loved" "A Bushel and a Peck" "Mele Kalikimaka" "Sparrow in the Tree Top"

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