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Artie Shaw – Beguin The Beguine ( Cole Porter )

“Begin the Beguine” is a popular song written by Cole Porter. Porter composed the song between Kalabahi, Indonesia, and Fiji during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard Cunard’s ocean liner Franconia.[] In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee, produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.[] Beguine is a dance and music form, similar to a slow rhumba.

The last part of the song – after a slow buildup – kicks A$$ like no other. WC LasVegasBuffetClub

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“The beguine is a dance and music form, similar to a slow rhumba. It was popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where in local Creole Beke or Begue means a White person, and Beguine is the female form.” WIKI