I listened to around 70 version of the song Tico Tico No Fuba (may be not the whole song). Tico Tico No Fuba was written by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917 as an instrumental Choro.
The first recording, by Orquestra Colbaz in 1931 is still one of the best. (This video uses “The Love Parade”,1929, by Ernst Lubitsch as visuals).
The tune became a hit when covered by Hammond organist Ethel Smith. She performed it in the 1944 film “Bathing Beauty.” I’ll spare you. Instead, listen (and watch) the version from The Three Caballeros.
A Swing Jazz Tico Tico by Paula Green, 1944.
The great Desi Arnaz brings it.
A spectacular flamenco version by Paco de Lucia.
The romantic one, a married couple plays 4 hands guitar. Tico Tico no Fubá by Duo Siqueira Lima.
The intense Brazilian Funk of Banda Black Rio.
Tico Tico gets the Be Bop treatment by the maestro Charlie Parker.
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