Swing from Brussels (5) Fud Candrix – Tico Tico ft. Tohama (1945)

The great orchestra of Fud Candrix had to be part of this series. I have opted to present this record from 1945. “Tico Tico (no fuba)” created by Carmen Miranda in 1943 became an enormously popular song and is also a perfect example of new music styles that became popular in Europe after the liberation. The flair for new rhythms and exotic tunes was a natural reaction to the dread and fear of the war years. Other popular titles of the era : “Besame mucho” and “Amor Amor”. Fud Candrix (1908-1974) studied at the conservatory in Liège and created his own big band in 1936. He quickly became very popular and signed a recording contract with Telefunken – which ensured Europe wide distribution of his records. In 1940 he joinded the Belgian army. After the defeat he reformed his band and resumed his recording activities. His band was very popular in Germany where his recordings of American songs and his own compositions were released with a German title – “Metro Stomp” became “U-Bahn Fox”, “Jumping High” became “Freudensprünge” etc. In 1942 he played at Berlin’s legendary “Delphi Palast” with great succes. His band was also heard in several movies – including “Wir machen Musik” (1942) and recorded several records while in Berlin. He repeated his tour in 1943 and that year also played in Paris at the ABC Music Hall and recorded with Django Reinhardt. Unlike Stan Brenders – Candrix seems not to have been the target of the repression after the liberation in 1944. This repression …
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