Artist: Orquestra Colbaz
Author: Zequinha de Abreu
Label: Columbia
Year: 1931
Choro music from 1917. Means: bird picking in the cornmeal.
Covers:
Ademilde Fonseca [first Portuguese cover]
José Oliveira [in Disney animation film Saludos Amigos as Tico Tico; the scene where parrot Joe Carioca learns Donald Duck to dance the samba]
Andrews Sisters [idem; English lyrics: Ervin Drake]
Xavier Cugat [idem; in film Bathing Beauty]
Ethel Smith [idem]
Three Suns [in film Tico Tico]
Stan Kenton [idem]
Desi Arnaz [featuring Rene Touzet on piano]
Carmen Miranda [in film Copacabana]
Stars On 45 [as The Star Sisters in Andrews Sisters-medley; n°1 B & NL]
Lou Bega [in Can I Tico Tico You]
Duveltjeskermis [all as Tico Tico]
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)