Grateful Dead Family Discography: Tico Tico

Tico Tico

Composer: Zequinha Abreu / Aloysio Oliveira / Ervin Drake

Recordings

A more comprehensive selection of other recordings will be added in due course.

no info Favorites, Irving Fields, 1961
no info The Latin Bit, Grant Green, 1962
no info English Folk Dances, Jack Armstrong and His Northumbrian Barnstormers, 1974
no info 22 Great Accordion Classics, Myron Floren, 1982
no info Well Git It!, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 1943-1946, 198?
no info Bird - Complete On Verve, Charlie Parker, 1988
no info This Little Light Of Mine, Bobby Watson, 1991
no info Musical Anthology, Lawrence Welk, 1992
no info On Broadway, Vol. 3, Paul Motian, 1993
no info Episode One Children Of Harlem, Gary Bartz, 1994
Let It Happen, Frank Vignola Trio, 1994
Dawganova, David Grisman Quintet, 1995
Swingin' Jazz for Hipsters, Vol. 2, Various Artists, 1997
Swing Guitar Masterpieces: 1937-1957, Oscar Aleman, 1998
Mandolin Maestro, Rudy Cipolla, 1999

Notes

Only played by the Grateful Dead during tuning and delays.

The original Brazilian song was called Tico-Tico No Fuba with music by Abreu, lyrics by Oliveira. It was introduced in a cartoon, Saludos Amigos, in 1943. An English version, with lyrics by Ervin Drake, was introduced by Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra in the film Bathing Beauties in 1944.