Beguine (dance) Porter's "Jubilee" (1935). In 1984 Italian pop music duo Al Bano and Romina Power released the song "Al ritmo de beguine (Ti amo)" from their album "Effetto amore". Beguine (dance) The beguine is a dance and music form, similar to a slow rhumba. It was popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where in local Creole "Beke" or "Begue" means a White person, and "Beguine" is the female form. It is a combination of Latin folk dance and French ballroom dance, and is a spirited but slow, close dance with a roll of the hips
Anything Goes (Cole Porter song) Anything Goes (Cole Porter song) "Anything Goes" is a song written by Cole Porter for his musical "Anything Goes" (1934). Many of the lyrics include humorous references to figures of scandal and gossip from Depression-era high society. One couplet refers to Samuel Goldwyn's box-office failure "Nana" starring Anna Sten, whose English was said to be incomprehensible to all except Goldwyn (Goldwyn was from Poland and Sten Ukraine). Frank Sinatra recorded the song for Capitol from October 17, 1955, to January 16, 1956. His version was included on "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!" in March 1956. Almost simultaneously, Chris Connor recorded the