Buckles Blog: RBBB Blue Unit 1980 #31

Monday, December 24, 2007

RBBB1980-28, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Buckles said...: I think this elephant display was called "Tropical Heat Wave".
I remember it from the TV Special.
A good number.; 24 December, 2007 07:06
Eric said...: It also had a very nice musical score of mostly 1940s pop tunes with a South American flavor: "Sing a Tropical Song" (Jimmy McHugh), "The Peanut Vendor," "Heat Wave" (Irving Berlin), "Bim Bam Bum," "Brazil," plus other popular sambas and mambos from that era.; 24 December, 2007 11:06
Anonymous said...: Not immediately familiar with Sing A Tropical Song and Peanut Vendor, I went to www.iTunes.com. I typed the song titles one at a time and listened to a short piece of each tune.

They were immediately familar.

I recommend the Peanut Vendor, entry #10 from the album BIG BANDS SOUNDS. Obviously it is not the Ringling arrangement, but listening to a Big Band sound is very pleasing; 24 December, 2007 16:14
Anonymous said...: If you listen to itunes'sample track of The Peanut Vendor, sample #10 of Big Bands Sound, do what I do---close your eyes and you can see the Axel Gautier Family and 18 elephants making an explosive entrance onto the floor with 3 traditional circus rings.; 24 December, 2007 19:04

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