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"South of the Border Down Mexico Way" is a popular song describing a trip to Mexico, written by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. It was originally released in 1939 , with many versions following, including one for the film of the same name sung by star Gene Autry .
It also featured an instrumental cover of its title song, "South of the Border", which was most famously done as a vocal by Frank Sinatra. One number, a Sol Lake tune called "The Mexican Shuffle", was reworked for a TV ad for a brand of chewing gum, and styled "The Teaberry Shuffle". [1]
South of the Border, alternative title for the 2006 South Korean film Over the Border; South of the Border, situation comedy produced by Yorkshire Television in 1985; South of the Border, two-part episode of My Name Is Earl; South of the Border, detective drama which ran for two series on BBC1 in 1988 and 1990
Michael Carr (born Maurice Alfred Cohen; 11 March 1905 – 16 September 1968) was a British and Irish popular music composer and lyricist, best remembered for the song "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)", written with Irishman Jimmy Kennedy for the 1939 film of the same name.
"South of the Border" is a song by English singer Ed Sheeran featuring American singer Camila Cabello and American rapper Cardi B. It was released on 12 July 2019 through Asylum and Atlantic Records, along with "Antisocial", as the sixth and seventh singles respectively from Sheeran's compilation album, No.6 Collaborations Project (2019).
Eventually, Sinatra and Barbara tied the knot on July 11, 1976 — after Sinatra proposed with a 20.6-carat diamond ring in a glass of champagne, per Sotheby’s listing of the ring.
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote that Sinatra "took the material very seriously, singing the love lyrics with utter seriousness" and that his "singing and the classically influenced settings gave the songs unusual depth of meaning." [123] He was soon selling 10 million records a year. [124]
In the 1960s, Kennedy wrote the song "The Banks of the Erne'", for recording by his friend from the war years, Theo Hyde, also known as Ray Warren. Kennedy was a patron of the Castlebar International Song Contest from 1973 until his death in 1984, and his association with the event added great prestige to the contest.