TICO TICO NO FUBA

Created on 19/04/2004
Latest update on 22/11/2023

Artist: Orquestra Colbaz
Author: Zequinha de Abreu
Label: Columbia
Year: 1931

Choro music from 1917. Means: bird picking in the cornmeal.

Covers:

1942:

Ademilde Fonseca [first Portuguese cover]

1942:

José Oliveira [in Disney animation film Saludos Amigos as Tico Tico; the scene where parrot Joe Carioca learns Donald Duck to dance the samba]

1944:

Andrews Sisters [idem; English lyrics: Ervin Drake]

1944:

Xavier Cugat [idem; in film Bathing Beauty]

1944:

Ethel Smith [idem]

1944:

Three Suns [in film Tico Tico]

1944:

Stan Kenton [idem]

1947:

Desi Arnaz [featuring Rene Touzet on piano]

1947:

Carmen Miranda [in film Copacabana]

1951:

Charlie Parker

1955:

Les Paul & Mary Ford

1959:

Bola Sete

1960:

Don Swan & his Orch.

1962:

Ray Conniff

1963:

Perez Prado

1976:

Dalida

1982:

Brave Combo

1983:

Stars On 45 [as The Star Sisters in Andrews Sisters-medley; n°1 B & NL]

1999:

Lou Bega [in Can I Tico Tico You]

2001:

Duveltjeskermis [all as Tico Tico]

2016:

Puppini Sisters

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