Jo Ment’s Happy Sound - Zorba’s Dance (Mikis Theodorakis)

From ’’ Happyment! ’’ Label: Joy Records -- JS 5024/5 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Gatefold Cover Country: UK Released: 1970 Tracklist A1 Let The Sunshine In Written-By -- Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, James Rado A2 In The Summertime Written-By -- Ray Dorset A3 I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman Written-By -- Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway A4 Jambalaya Written-By -- Hank Williams A5 Sloop John B. Arranged By -- Jo Ment Written-By -- Traditional A6 Ra Ta Ta Ta Written-By -- Chris Juwens, Christian Heilburg A7 I Got Rhythm Written-By -- George & Ira Gershwin B1 Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye Written-By -- Dale Frashuer, Gary DeCarlo, Paul Leka B2 A Taste Of Honey Written-By -- Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow B3 Rowbottom Square Written-By -- Barry Mason, Les Reed B4 Casatschok Written-By -- Boris Rubaschkin B5 Congratulations Written-By -- Bill Martin & Phil Coulter B6 Hold Tight Written-By -- Howard Blaikley B7 Danke Schon Written-By -- Bert Kaempfert, Kurt Schwabach, Milt Gabler C1 Hello Dolly Written-By -- Jerry Herman C2 Yellow Submarine Written-By -- John Lennon and Paul McCartney C3 Yes Sir’ That’s My Baby Written-By -- Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson C4 Zorba’s Dance Written-By -- Mikis Theodorakis C5 La Bamba Arranged By -- Jo Ment Written-By -- Traditional C6 Lambeth Walk Written-By -- Douglas Furber, Noel Gay C7 Magic Trumpet Written-By -- Bert Kaempfert D1 Puppet On A String Written-By -- Bill Martin & Phil Coulter D2 These Boots Are Made For Walking Written-By -- Lee Hazlewood D3 Balla Balla Written-By -- Horst Lippok D4 Bend It Written-By -- Howard Blaikley D5 When The Saints Go Marching In Arranged By -- Jo Ment Written-By -- Traditional D6 America Written-By -- Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim D7 La Bostella Written-By -- Gérard Gustin ------------------------ Zorbas (“Zorba’s dance“) is a song by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. It is based on two traditional Cretan songs, “Armenohorianos Syrtos“ and “Kritiko syrtaki“, composed by Giorgis Koutsourelis. The song featured in the 1964 film Zorba the Greek, for which Theodorakis wrote the soundtrack, and become extremely popular around the world. It is now commonly played and danced to in Greek tavernas in Greece and elsewhere, and exists as a kind of trademark of Greece. It is also known as “Sirtaki“, which is a version of the traditional Greek hasapiko (“butcher’s“) dance, choreographed by Giorgos Provias. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass recorded a version of the song (as “Zorba the Greek“) for their 1965 album Going Places. Issued as the B-side of the group’s “Tijuana Taxi“ single, the song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was featured, among others, in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and in the “Subdivision“ episode of Prison Break where Charles “Haywire“ Patoshik raids a fast food joint and gorges himself on soda and ice cream. The song is particularly infamous in Peru for its association with Sendero Luminoso. In the early 1990s, a video of Sendero Luminoso’s leadership dancing to the song was given to the media, showing that the organization’s heads were hiding in Lima itself. British dance act LCD covered the song in 1998. Violinist David Garrett covered the song on his self-titled album in 2009.