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"Bimbo" is a popular song written in either 1948 or 1949 by Glenn O'Dell, but credited to Rodney (Rod) Morris or "Pee Wee" King. It was recorded in 1953 by Jim Reeves on Abbott 148. [ 1 ] The song was later included in the 1965 album Up Through the Years on RCA Victor .
The song "El Bimbo" is used as a theme song for a 1977 Soviet-made anti-war short film named "Polygon" directed by Anatoly Petrov and written by Sever Gansovsky. The lyrics for "El Bimbo" were written by Hal Shaper. "El Bimbo" was released in France in June 1974 on the Pathé-Marconi record label, and in the UK in August 1975.
Bimbo is an album recorded by Jim Reeves and released on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LPM-1410). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Released in 1957, it was his first album after signing with RCA Victor. Reeves described it as a collection of the records that "made him", including his early No. 1 hits " Bimbo " and " Mexican Joe ."
Bimbo "Mexican Joe" b/w "I Could Cry" (Non-album track) 1 1 23 Jim Reeves Sings "Butterfly Love" b/w "Let Me Love You Just a Little" (from Bimbo) — — — Non-album track 1954 "Bimbo" b/w "Gypsy Heart" 1 2 26 Bimbo "I Love You" (with Ginny Wright) B-side by Ginny Wright: I Want You Yes (You Want Me No) (Non-album track) 3 8 — Jim Reeves ...
The word bimbo derives from the Italian bimbo, [4] a masculine-gender term that means "little or baby boy" or "young (male) child" (the feminine form of the Italian word is bimba). Use of this term began in the United States as early as 1919, and was a slang word used to describe an unintelligent [ 5 ] or brutish [ 6 ] man.
The song is based lyrically on Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon's 1927 version of the early 1900s vaudeville song "Willie the Weeper" [7] [8] (Bette Davis sings this version in The Cabin in the Cotton). The lyrics describe the story of a woman known as "Minnie the Moocher", a "moocher" being American slang for a person who constantly asks others for ...
At the very least, this article should explain how the song came to be written (i.e., its origins); any controversy surrounding the lyrics (in particular, I find next to impossible</> to believe that the lyrics have never been challenged, due both to the asignment of the word "Bimbo"-- a word already used as a pejorative for shallow, airheaded ...
Bimbo is thrown from the wreckage and lands in another boat owned by Betty Boop, portrayed as a dark-skinned, topless (except for a strategically placed lei) island princess. Bimbo introduces himself and sings to Betty before they go over a waterfall, and are flung from the boat into a clearing surrounded by spirited tree that sing an eerie song.