Song of India (song)
"Song of India" is a popular song adapted from the aria "Pesni︠a︡ indiĭskogo gosti︠a︡" from Rimsky-Korsakov's 1896 opera Sadko. In January 1937, Tommy Dorsey recorded an instrumental jazz arrangement featuring Bunny Berigan on trumpet, which became a jazz standard. Coupled with "Marie", the 78 rpm disc was a major hit for Dorsey, containing two of his most enduring recordings on one record, and which helped make him and his band into a household name as a popular music artist in the United States. The melody was also used for the 1918 song "Beautiful Ohio", which became the official song of the U.S. State of Ohio.
Paul Whiteman also recorded a foxtrot arrangement of the song in 1921, as well as Danny Gatton's Redneck Jazz Explosion in 1978.
