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"Granada" is a song written in 1932 by Mexican composer Agustín Lara. The song is about the Spanish city of Granada and has become a standard in music repertoire.. The most popular versions are the original with Spanish lyrics by Lara (often sung operatically); a version with English lyrics by Australian lyricist Dorothy Dodd; and instrumental versions in jazz, pop, easy listening, flamenco ...
In 1955, "Don't Touch Me Tomato" was recorded in Nassau by the Bahamian goombay musician George Symonette and his Calypso Sextette, and released on the LP Calypso and Native Bahamian Rhythms. [6] This version has appeared on later compilations. [7] [8] Josephine Baker recorded the song in 1958, and it was released on her album Paris Mes Amours. [9]
This song became very successful in Japan and became platinum record. [10] Since 2001 to 2003, Giorgio and Max wrote a number of theme songs for various cartoons and anime series, like All'arrembaggio!, Hamtaro piccoli criceti, grandi avventure, Ma che magie Doremì and Doraemon. They were sung by Cristina D'Avena.
The song is most famous for its "You like to-may-to / t ə ˈ m eɪ t ə / / And I like to-mah-to / t ə ˈ m ɑː t ə /" and other verses comparing British and American English pronunciations of tomato and other words. The differences in pronunciation are not simply regional, however, but serve more specifically to identify class differences.
The original version was used as a theme song for professional wrestler Mr. Perfect, and later a takeoff of the original version would become his longtime theme song. Trey Spruance of the Secret Chiefs 3 rescored the theme for "surf band and orchestra" on the album 2004 Book of Horizons .
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Pink Martini performing in 2012 The American musical group Pink Martini, based in Portland, Oregon, has recorded songs for six studio albums, one compilation album, and one video album featuring live concert footage. Formed by Thomas Lauderdale in 1994, the group that has been described as a "mini-orchestra" performs songs of many music genres in multiple languages by lead vocalist China ...
Django Unchained is the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino's motion picture Django Unchained.It was originally released on December 18, 2012. The soundtrack uses a variety of music genres, though with an especially heavy influence from Spaghetti Western soundtracks.