CARIOCA
Created on 30/01/2003Latest update on 27/07/2023
Artist: Etta Moten
Author: Vincent Youmans/Gus Kahn/Edward Eliscu
Label: RKO Pictures
Year: 1933
In film Flying Down To Rio with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (for the first time together) and Dolores del Rio. Also instrumental and another sung version by Movita Castaneda & Alice Gentle. Nominated for the first Oscar ever for a film song (won by The Continental, also with Ginger & Fred - see there).
Covers:
- 1934:
Enric Madriguera [n°1 US]
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- 1962:
Tielman Brothers [as Twistin' The Carioca]
Vincent Youmans also wrote Sometimes I'm Happy, Time On My Hands, More Than You Know and Tea For Two (see all there).
