South American Way


"South American Way" is a 1939 song with music by Jimmy McHugh and lyrics by Al Dubin. Carmen Miranda introduced the song in the 1939 Broadway musical The Streets of Paris. Miranda performed it on-screen a year later in her breakout role for U.S. audiences in the film Down Argentine Way, causing it to become very popular in the United States.

Versions

The song became very popular in the United States, and had cover versions by several international artists, and as part of the soundtrack of many American films.
ArtistYear
Guy Lombardo1939
Al Donahue & His Orchestra1939
The Andrews Sisters & Glenn Miller & Orchestra1940
Pat [Kirkwood (actress)|Pat Kirkwood]1941
Dinah Shore1941
Marlene Dietrich1947
Gordon MacRae, Lucille Norman & The Sportsmen Quartet1949
Marisa Monte1988
Rebecca Kilgore & Dave Frishberg1996
Sonia Santana2004
Arielle Dombasle2006
Frankie Carle2007