"Perfidia," perforned by The Ventures

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The song is heard in the background in "Casablanca," which had its world premiere on this day, November 26, 1942.

Sun Nov 26, 2023: On this day, November 26, 1942, "Casablanca" had its world premiere.

This version is some twenty years newer.

The Ventures.....Perfidia

barrygioportmorien1
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Instrumental Rock n' Roll

As always, there's more.

Perfidia

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Recordings

• The song became a hit for Xavier Cugat on the Victor label in 1940.
• In late 1960, a rock instrumental version of "Perfidia" was released by the Ventures, which rose to number 15 on the Billboard chart. The record was a Top 10 hit on a number of popular music radio stations, including KYA in San Francisco, KLIF Dallas, KOL Seattle, KDWB Minneapolis, WHK Cleveland, KIMN Denver, and KISN Portland. The record topped out at number 11 on the charts of WLS Chicago, and WIBG Philadelphia.

Other recordings

"Perfidia" has been recorded by many artists, including:

• Laurel Aitken
• Dave Apollon
• Dave Brubeck
• Juan Arvizu
• Andrea Bocelli
• Brave Combo
• Ray Conniff
• Café Tacuba
• Chico Che
• Nat King Cole
• Crveni Koralji
• Xavier Cugat
• Issac Delgado
• Phyllis Dillon
• Arielle Dombasle
• Freddy Fender
• Ibrahim Ferrer
• The Four Aces
• A version by Carlos Garcia, a one-armed Mexican street performer originally from Michoacán, who makes music by blowing on the side of an ivy leaf, and recorded on a sidewalk, was featured on a CD, Sinfonia Urbana. It was overdubbed with strings by the Kronos Quartet for their 2002 album Nuevo.
• Benny Goodman

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Wait. What?

The Leaf Player of the Zocalo

NPR's John Burnett Follows Up the Story of Carlos Garcia

DECEMBER 30, 2002 • 12:00 AM ET
HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
By John Burnett

Listen to Carlos Garcia perform a Mexican folk song.

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Perfidia (Perfidy)

Kronos Quartet
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Perfidia (Perfidy) · Kronos Quartet

Nuevo

℗ 2002 Nonesuch Records

@TKKrueger-py5jb 4 months ago

I saw the documentary about the one armed man playing on ivy leaves many years ago. Touched my soul....