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Na Baixa do Sapateiro
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Wikipedia article
"'Na Baixa do Sapateiro'" is a famous Brazilian song, written by Ary Barroso. Its title comes from a street in Salvador, Bahia, where many cobblers once worked.
It was originally released in 1938 as the B side to 'Salada Mista', which did not achieve the same level of success.
This first recording was sung by Carmen Miranda with Orchestra Odeon.
She never released the song on disc in the United States. The song was originally going to be featured in the Carmen Miranda film 'Banana da Terra' (1939), but was replaced with "O Que Que A Baiana Tem?", because of the high license fee demanded by Ary Barroso to use his song. However the song has been recorded many other times by a large number of artists. The song gained international fame when it was featured in the Disney film 'The Three Caballeros' (1944).
Notable covers
The second recording of the song was in 1939, by Ary Barroso himself on the piano and Laurindo Almeida and Garoto on guitars. Other artists to record the song include Valdir Azevedo, Bola Sete, Elizete Cardoso, Dorival Caymmi, Luiz Bonf, Paulinho Nogueira, Dilermando Reis, Baden Powell de Aquino, Lennie Dale and the Sambalano Trio, Leny Andrade and the Breno Sauer Quarteto, Wilson Simonal, Joo Gilberto, Banda Black Rio, MPB4, Luiz Ea and Victor Assis Brasil, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Toquinho, Raphael Rabello once with Ney Matogrosso and once with Romero Lubambo, Trio Mocoto, Eliane Elias, Lo Gandelman, Trio Esperana, Joo Nogueira, Nivaldo Ornelas and Juarez Moreira with Orquestra de Cmara Sesiminas, Rosa Passos and Lula Galvo, Caetano Veloso, and Ral di Blasio.
Baa
The song, retitled "'Baa'" (also known as "'Bahia'"), was featured in the Disney film 'The Three Caballeros', with English lyrics written by Ray Gilbert and sung by Nestor Amaral. The lyrics to "Baa" are not a translation of Ary Barrosos original Portuguese lyrics, and differ from them considerably. However, both songs share a similar theme of longing for the past.
This version was very successful and has been played over a million times on US radio.
Due to the popularity of the song, one million copies of sheet music were printed in the United States in 1945 alone.
Notable covers of Baa
On the official soundtrack of 'The Three Caballeros', the song was sung by Ray Gilbert with Charles Wolcott and his Orchestra.Some notable artists who have recorded this version of the song are Bing Crosby with Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra, Andr Kostelanetz and Orchestra, Jack Pleis and His Orchestra, Claude Thornhill, Caterina Valente with Werner Mller and his Million Strings, Luiz Ea and Victor Assis Brasil, John Coltrane, Herbie Mann, Mickey Baker, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Shirley Scott, Percy Faith and his Orchestra, Trio Los Panchos and Chucho Martinez Gil, Ahmad Jamal, Ed Lincoln (as Don Pablo de Havana) and sua Orquestra, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, Perry Como, Walter Wanderley, Gato Barbieri, Catalyst, The Ritchie Family, Idris Muhammad, Lalo Schifrin, Santana, Herb Alpert, Ran Blake, Laurindo Almeida, Martin Denny, Perez Prado, Mel Torme and Cleo Laine, Johnny Mathis, Dionne Warwick, Plcido Domingo, Tete Montoliu, Mongo Santamaria, Arthur Lyman, Blacktop, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Dinah Shore, Daniel Barenboim, Palmyra and Levita with Joo Donato, and John Klein and Sid Ramin.
References
Category:Brazilian songs
Category:Portuguese-language songs
Category:1938 songs
Category:Carmen Miranda songs
Category:Samba songs
Category:Songs with lyrics by Ray Gilbert
Category:Songs written for films
Category:Songs written by Ary Barroso
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