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Frenzy, is a chachachá by the Mexican composer Alberto Domínguez Borrás (1911-1975). Originally composed for marimba but became more popular in its sung version.
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Frenzy — Alberto Domínguez Borrás
Alberto Domínguez Borrás was born on 5 May 1906 in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. He studied piano at the Escuela Libre de Música and at the National Conservatory of Music of Mexico., and began his musical career with his brothers Abel and Armando, forming the group “Los Hermanos Domínguez”. Among his teachers at the Conservatory were figures such as Silvestre Revueltas and Rodolfo Halffter..
In 1939, while leading his own dance orchestra at the well-known nightclub “El Patio” in Mexico City, Domínguez composed two songs that would change his life: Treachery y Frenzy. Frenzy It was originally conceived as a cha-cha-chá for marimba, instrument with which Domínguez had a long relationship: from 1920 He had played with his brothers in the band “La Lira de San Cristóbal”. That same year, The song was recorded for the first time in Spanish by Lupita Palomera with the Hermanos Domínguez Orchestra.
The jump to the United States
Clarinetist Artie Shaw, that in November 1939 was on vacation in Mexico, I'm listening Frenzyperformed by a mariachi band in Acapulco and decided to take it to the United States. An English lyric was added there and Shaw recorded his version on 3 March 1940 with a large ensemble of 32 musicians. The song entered the charts on 27 July 1940 and the 21 December reached first place, where it stayed for 13 weeks. A total of three million copies were sold., becoming not only Shaw's biggest hit, but also in the first title with a million sales by a Mexican author.
Director Glenn Miller described Alberto Domínguez as "the musicalizer of World War II", why Treachery era, in his own words, the song that soldiers requested the most in the shows he gave on the front.Frenzy suffered a similar fate: played non-stop on American radio stations during all the years of the conflict.
A song that does not age
Over the decades, Frenzy has been recorded in more than 276 versions in languages as different as English, the portuguese, the french, Finnish and Italian. Among those who have interpreted it are Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Perez Prado, Ray Charles, Tito Puente, Placido Domingo, Linda Ronstadt y Vikki Carr, among many others. Linda Ronstadt's version, included in his album Frenzy of 1992, earned him a Grammy Award in the category of Best Latin Tropical Album.
Alberto Domínguez Borrás died on 2 September 1975 in Mexico City. His name may not be as well known as the songs he wrote., but Frenzy y Treachery they continue to play in concerts, films and recordings around the world — a silent testament to what a good melody can achieve.
