His Master's Voice – B.9006 UK Recorded Hollywood, California, June 22, 1939. Swing Music 1940 Series. Written-By – Edgar Battle, Joe Garland. Also released in 1941 on Victor.
Arthur Jacob Arshawsky (May 23, 1910 -- December 30, 2004), better known as Artie Shaw, was an American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader. He was also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writings. Widely regarded as \"one of jazz's finest clarinetists,Shaw led one of America's most popular big bands of the late 1930s and early '40s. Their signature song, a 1938 version of Cole Porter's \"Begin the Beguine,\" was a wildly successful single and one of the era's defining recordings. Musically restless, Shaw was also an early proponent of Third Stream, which blended classical and jazz, and recorded some small-group sessions that flirted with be-bop before retiring from music in 1954.
Shaw died on December 30, 2004, in his Newbury Park home from complications related to diabetes.
