NA BAIXA DO SAPATEIRO

Created on 14/07/2002
Latest update on 02/11/2020

Artist: Carmen Miranda
Author: Ary Barroso
Label: Odéon
Year: 1938

Means In The Shoemaker's Alley. Barroso's second biggest success after Aquarelo Do Brasil (see there). Better known under it's shorter title Bahia. There's a real Shoemaker's Alley in Salvador Da Bahia. Should have been in film Banana Da Terra if it wasn't for Barroso's excessive fee.

Covers:

1939:

Ary Barroso [author on piano]

1945:

Nestor Amaral [in English and Portuguese as Bahia in Disney animation film The Three Caballeros]

1946:

Nilo Menéndez

1946:

Bing Crosby & Xavier Cugat [idem]

1948:

Claude Thornhill [as Bahia]

1954:

Caterina Valente [idem]

1954:

Les Baxter Trio

1956:

John Coltrane [idem]

1956:

Perez Prado

1957:

Herbie Mann

1958:

Luiz Bonfá

1959:

Mickey Baker

1960:

Ahmad Jamal

1962:

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

1963:

Astronauts [as Baja hit US crediting Lee Hazlewood]

1963:

Al Casey [idem]

1963:

Surfaris [idem]

1964:

John Paul Jones

1966:

Perry Como

1973:

João Gilberto

1980:

Gal Costa

1982:

Elis Regina

1989:

Laurindo Almeida

1994:

Dionne Warwick

1995:

Placido Domingo

1997:

Caetano Veloso

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