Begin the Beguine
"Begin the Beguine" is a song written by Cole Porter and was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee 1935.
Porter composed the song at the piano in the bar of the Ritz Hotel in Paris. Three years later though bandleader Artie Shaw wrote an arrangement of the song in collaboration with his right-hand Arranger/Orchestrator Jerry Gray. The release of Shaw's recording of "Beguine" skyrocketed him and his band to fame and popularity exceedingly fast and the recording became one of the most famous and popular anthems of the entire Swing Era.
Tutorials
Sheetmusic (easy version by Ann Collins)
Sheetmusic (advanced version)