Anita Darian: Misirlou

Here is an extract of another ultra-rare record, "East of the Sun", by the "Armenian Yma Sumac", Anita Darian.
Anita Darian has been a serious working singer for nearly 50 years. She's worked in everything from opera and classical recitals to television jingles and cartoon voice-overs. She has a classically-trained voice with a four-octave range, which has enabled her to take on some remarkable jobs over the years. She sang on a number of albums of Broadway musicals, including "The King and I" and "Show Boat" for Columbia Records. She sang and played the kazoo at a performance of Mark Bucci's "Kazoo Concerto" at one of Leonard Bernstein's famous Young Peoples' concerts with the New York Philharmonic, which later earned her a part in the recording of John Corigliano's eccentric take-off, titled "The Naked Carmen", on the original Bizet opera. And hundreds of millions of listeners have heard her demonstrate her vocal range without knowing it, because she provided the swooping counter-melody behind the tenor lead on the Tokens' #1 hit, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", a cover of a South African song written by Solomon Linda.
"East of the Sun", recorded in 1960 with Frank Hunter handling the arrangements, is a collection of genuine and ersatz Near/Middle Eastern songs such as "Misirlou" and "Gomen Nasir". It's a treat to hear the rare vocal version of "Misirlou", but Darian's style is operatic rather than exotic. She obviously had the capacity to go the Yma Sumac route, but she sticks to an approach more heard in recital halls than cocktail lounges. Darian is still performing today and was featured in a 2003 Cabaret Festival in New York City.
Enjoy!

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[lowerlowerhk]

......it ressembles "pump it"

[johnxxx20000]

See Wikipedia:

«"Pump It" is a song by The Black Eyed Peas that heavily incorporates music from the Dick Dale version of the song "Misirlou" (known by many for being featured on the Quentin Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction).»

That's why!

[ncsapre]

What a great song! I am in love with this music!

[gretedick]

supa!spiele das lied auf dem akkordeon

[snootpelt]

You've all heard her before. Anita Darian sang the super high notes on The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens. Her voice is so flawless it is hard to tell it is not an instrument on the record.

[jimmied01]

Great! The original version or at least one of them. Great find!

[mothberries]

I'm half Armenian

[klins061]

I love Anita Darian's vibrato. And I love this song, it's so exotic and it enraptures the soul.

[vicky6797]

i love music, culture and history - this has rounded it up all in one

thanks - i can't stop listening to this!!!

thankyou x

[fannypapillon]

Certaines informations valent de l´or.Dario Moreno?Merci.Le monde est petit.

[derochambaud]

Misirlou vient du grec (Μισιρλού) du nom de l'Egypte en arabe Misr (مصر,).Elle a été chantée la première fois en 1927 en Grèce pat l'orchestre de rebetiko de Michalis Patrinos. Dans les années 1930'elle fut reprise à New York par Nick Roubanis compositeur gréco-américain. Et ensuite popularisée par Dario Moreno, en français ,chanteur de carrière française d'un père Turc et de mère Mexicaine, aussi par Dick Dale, les Beach Boys ou Jean-Pierre Danel entre autres.