Carioca (song)

1933

(The) Carioca is a song and a dance from the year 1933.

Genesis

The music was written by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn. To the song also exists a dance that became popular through the choreography in the film Flying Down to Rio. In my film the song by Alice Gentle, Castaneda and Etta Moten Movita is sung. The dance was performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as part of an outer recording that was later incorporated into the film. The choreography was by Dave Gould and his assistant Hermes Pan and is based on a dance of the same name, which was developed by Fanchon and Marco.

The dance itself was the first collaboration between Astaire and Rogers. Although the two did not play the main roles, presented their joint dance in the eyes of many the highlight of the film is, which was a big hit for RKO Pictures. The song was nominated for Best Song for an Oscar, but lost to The Continental from the movie Dance with me by also played along Rogers and Astaire. The posters for this film were the two as "The King and Queen of, The Carioca ' " means.

The name of the song is another name for the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro.

In recorded music, the piece appeared in a version of Max Steiner as part of the soundtrack to the film. The song itself became a jazz standard, and in the course of time by numerous artists such as Artie Shaw ( 1939), Jack Jones ( 1961), Mel Tormé (1988 ), Caetano Veloso ( 2004) and Johnny Dankworth (2010) was added.

The dance represented a mix of samba, maxixe, Foxtrot and Rumba was danced with contacting faces. After the success of the film, there were moves to introduce Carioca as a standard dance. This failed, however.