| "Amapola" | ||||
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| Single by Lecuona Cuban Boys | ||||
| Released | 1935 | |||
| Recorded | October 25, 1935 | |||
| Genre | Canción | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joseph Lacalle (music), Louis Sauvat and Robert Champfleury (French lyrics) | |||
| Lecuona Cuban Boys singles chronology | ||||
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| "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" | ||||
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| Single by Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra | ||||
| Released | February 1941[1] | |||
| Recorded | February 3, 1941[2] | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 4:49 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joseph Lacalle (music), Albert Gamse (English lyrics) | |||
| Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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 You may listen to the lyric tenor Nino Martini performing "Amapola" with Alfredo Antonini and his orchestra in 1940 here |
"Amapola" is a 1920 song by Spanish American composer José María Lacalle García (later Joseph Lacalle), who also wrote the original lyrics in Spanish.[3] Alternative Spanish lyrics were written by Argentine lyricist Luis Roldán in 1924.[4] French lyrics were written by Louis Sauvat and Robert Champfleury. After the death of Lacalle in 1937, English language lyrics were written by Albert Gamse.[5] In the 1930s, the song became a standard of the rhumba repertoire, later crossing over into pop music charts.
- ^ 78 Record: Jimmy Dorsey - Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy) (1941), retrieved 2021-07-20
- ^ "Decca matrix 68652. Amapola (voBE, HOC) / Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1920). Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1920 Music Last Half of 1920 New Series Vol 15 Part 2. U.S. Govt. Print. Off. p. 1255.
- ^ Lacalle, José M. (1941). Amapola: canción. Buenos Aires: Ricordi Americana. OCLC 63818754.
- ^ Collected Works of George Grant: 1933-1950 George Parkin Grant, Peter Christopher Emberley, Arthur Davis - 2000 footnote Page 35 "38 'Amapola,' a popular love-song in 1941 written in French in 1924 by Joseph M. Lacalle and later given English words by Albert Gamse. The song was recorded by many artists, including Deanna Durbin."