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The Sheik of Araby

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179:, held out for the masculine title, but Mr. Snyder said that a sheik meant but little or nothing in the lives of most people, whereas "The Rose of Araby" – ah, there you had romance, and everything. Then he saw the advance posters of Rudolf Valentino in the picture and gave in. So "The Sheik of Araby" came into its own – though Mr. Snyder said he whistled it around his office for some six months without anyone getting excited over it." 29: 199:
wrote, "That's the way it goes! They're all singing it! The whole bally town is echoing and re-echoing to the strains of that raging song hit "The Sheik of Araby" – the song of the desert chief that has the whole nation by the ears. It's being played in ten thousand homes and club houses. The pianos
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wrote, "The song hit "The Sheik of Araby" is being sung and played by millions of music lovers throughout the country. The melody has the whole town by the ears. It is being played by dance orchestras everywhere."
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tinkle it – guitars and banjos are strumming it – and the phonographs are reeling it off in a flood of jazzy melody. It's hit the town like a cloudburst of harmony."
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Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France, avec Stéphane Grappelli recorded it in April 27 1937.
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bonus track, The Everly Brothers, Both Sides of an Evening/Instant Party, Warner Bros., Records Inc., 2001.
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reported, "A friend of Mr. Snyder's, hearing the oriental melody and recalling the popularity of the book
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In 1925, composer Ted Snyder said that the song's original title was "The Rose of Araby".
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The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States
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1921 song with music by Ted Snyder and lyrics by Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler
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on the drums. The band based their arrangement on a version released by
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Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003).
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frequently sang the song during musical interludes on his radio show.
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short with this title was filmed in Phonofilm in the UK, directed by
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by Christopher Wilkinson, University of California Press (2001)
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by Arnold Shaw, Oxford University Press (1989), pg 111-119
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the year before. The Beatles' recording can be found on
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released a humorous version during his 1978 live show
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Index


Song
Genre
Jazz
Songwriter(s)
Ted Snyder
Harry B. Smith
Harry B. Smith
Ted Snyder
Rudolph Valentino
The Sheik
Araby
Tin Pan Alley
jazz
New Orleans
jazz standard
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fleischer Studios
Phonofilm
Song Car-Tunes
live action
Miles Mander
The Orlando Sentinel
Ray Miller
Club Royal Orchestra
Eddie Cantor
Make It Snappy
Jack Teagarden
Don Albert

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