Artist: Artura B. Adamini
Author: José Juventino Rosas
Label: Edison
Year: 1898
Mexican waltz; Sobre Las Olas means Over The Waves. Author Rosas was of Otomi Indian descent. Original title: A La Orilla Del Sanz (On The Banks Of The Sanz), a Mexican river. Rosas sold his rights for no money and died poor in Cuba. Still, his remains were re-buried with honor in the Rotonda de los Personas Ilustres in Mexico City. Along with Dolores Del Rio and Agustin Lara.
Covers:
Arthur Pryor [as Over The Waves]
Jo Belmont [idem; whistling]
Edison Military Band [on Edison of course]
Louis & Heintje Davids [as Aan Het Strand (Van De Zuiderzee)]
Wiener Salon Orch. [as Ueber dem Wellen]
Pietro Deiro [accordion player as Over The Waves Waltz]
Henry Ford's Old Time Dance Orch. [as Over The Waves]
Mario Perry [Italian; accordion solo also as Over The Waves]
Frank Cloutier & The Victoria Café Orch. [as Moonshiner's Dance Part One; Spike Jones-alike avant la lettre]
Fiddlin' Doc Roberts [as Farewell Waltz]
Bob Wills [as Over The Waves]
Guy Lombardo [as Merry-Go-Round Waltz]
Pied Pipers [as Kiss Me Goodnight]
Earl Bostic [as Over The Waves Rock]
Mario Lanza [als The Loveliest Night Of The Year in film The Great Caruso; new lyrics by Paul Francis Webster and Irving Aaronson; sang it also in film The 7 Hills Of Rome]
Ann Blyth [idem]
Henk De Bruyn [as Als Jij Van Me Houdt]
Vera Lynn [as The Loveliest Night Of The Year]
Jacques Brel [at the beginning of La Valse a mille temps]
Bing Crosby [as The Loveliest Night Of The Year]
Mills Brothers [idem]
Micky Day [as Oh What A Kiss]
Will Andy [idem]
Strangers [as Zij Zee Tegen Mij (see also: Angelina and No Can Do)]
Mounties [as Oh, Wat Een Zoen]
Rolling Stones [as Over The Waves during their Rock And Roll Circus]
The Edward [three Stones + Ry Cooder & Nicky Hopkins, particularly Hopkins as The Loveliest Night Of The Year during Interlude A La El Hopo]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)