The Wedding Samba

The Wedding Samba is a samba written by A. Ellestein, Allan Small and J. Liebowitz and recorded by Carmen Miranda with participation of Andrews Sisters for Decca Records on December 12, 1949.^[1]

Originally titled "The Wedding Rhumba", music is part of the soundtrack of the film "On an Island with You" (1948) MGM.^[2] The song is based on the melody "Der Nayer Sher", composed by Abraham Ellstein in 1940 and performed by The Barry Sisters.

The song was number #23 in the "Official Top 100 Singles" on the Billboard music chart on January 28, 1950.^[3]

References

↑ "O "it verde e amarelo" de Carmen Miranda (1930-1946)". Tânia da Costa Garcia. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
↑ "Soundtracks: On an Island with You". p. IMDb.
↑ "Hit Records, 1950-1975". David F. Lonergan.

Songs recorded by Carmen Miranda

Singles

"Aquarela do Brasil"
"Baião Ca-Room' Pa Pa"
"Bambú, Bambú"
"Chattanooga Choo Choo"
"Chica Chica Boom Chic"
"Delicado"
"Disseram que Voltei Americanizada"
"I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)"
"Mamãe Eu Quero"
"No Tabuleiro da Baiana"
"Na Baixa do Sapateiro"
"O que é que a Baiana tem?"
"Paducah"
"Rebola, Bola"
"South American Way"
"Tic-tac do Meu Coração"
"Tico-Tico no Fubá"
"The Wedding Samba"
"When I Love I Love"
"Yipsee-I-O"

The Andrews Sisters

LaVerne Andrews Maxene Andrews Patty Andrews

Singles	"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Shortenin' Bread" "Oh! Ma-Ma!" "Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel)" "Ciribiribin (They're So In Love)" "Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy)" "The Woodpecker Song" "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" "Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat" "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" "I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" "(I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time" "Sonny Boy" "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" "Mister Five By Five" "Pistol Packin' Mama" "Jingle Bells" "Shoo-Shoo Baby" "Down In the Valley" "Straighten Up and Fly Right" "Tico Tico" "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" "A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin" "Don't Fence Me In" "Rum and Coca-Cola" "Accentuate the Positive" "The Three Caballeros" "Along the Navajo Trail" "Get Your Kicks On Route 66" "I Don't Know Why" "House of Blue Lights" "Rumors Are Flying" "Winter Wonderland" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "Near You" "Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)" "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" "Sabre Dance" "Underneath the Arches" "You Call Everybody Darling" "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" "I Can Dream, Can't I?" "Charley, My Boy" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" "The Wedding Samba" "I Wanna Be Loved" "A Bushel and a Peck" "Mele Kalikimaka" "Sparrow in the Tree Top"

Book:The Andrews Sisters

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