Artist: Julius Fucik
Author: Julius Fucik
Year: 1912
Original Czech title (1897) of Einzug der Gladiatoren/The Entry Of The Gladiators/L'entrée des gladiateurs/Thunder And Blazes, the most famous of all circus tunes.
Covers:
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey [as Thunder And Blazes]
Randy Randolph [in Yakety Sax]
James Darren [in Goodbye Cruel World; n°3 US]
Nero & The Gladiators [as Entry Of The Gladiators]
Freddy Cannon [organ part in Palisades Park (see there)]
Rolling Stones [idem in their Rock And Roll Circus program]
Leo Sayer [intro The Show Must Go On; n°2 UK]
Three Dog Night [idem; n°4 US]
Dickies [in Killer Klowns]
Bobby Brown [in We're Back on Ghostbusters II]
Enrique Guzman [as Adiós Mundo Cruel]
Fucik (1872-1916) was a pupil of Dvorák and got famous for his marches. His Florentiner Marsch is reputed for being played in Auschwitz.
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