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((More citations needed|date=April 2013))
((Infobox song
| name      = Ciribiribin
| cover     =
| alt       =
| type      =
| language  = [[Piedmontese language|Piedmontese]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.gioventurapiemonteisa.net/ciribiribin/|title=Ciribiribin (1898) – Gioventura Piemontèisa))</ref>
| written   = 1898
| published =
| writer    =
| composer  = [[Alberto Pestalozza]]
| lyricist  = Carlo Tiochet
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"'''Ciribiribin'''" ((IPA-it|tʃiribiriˈbin|)) is a merry [[Piedmontese language|Piedmontese]] ballad, originally in three-quarter time, composed by [[Alberto Pestalozza]] in 1898 with lyrics by Carlo Tiochet.<ref>((cite web|title=sheetmusicplus.com|url=https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/ciribiribin-digital-sheet-music/21897073|website=sheetmusicplus.com|access-date=December 8, 2020))</ref> It quickly became popular and has been recorded by many artists.  Decades later it enjoyed continued popularity with swing and jazz bands, played in four-four time.

==Background==
The distinguishing feature of the song is repeated use of the five-note title phrase. In the sheet music the name is indicated to be enunciated ''chiri-biri-bean'' to allow singers to hold the vowel at the end as long as they like.<ref>((Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lh6Tc2QOlbwC&q=ciribiribin+meaning&pg=PA4|title=Adult Piano Course, Bk 3|first=John W.|last=Schaum|date=March 5, 1985|publisher=Alfred Music Publishing|isbn=9780769236544|via=Google Books))</ref>

==Early successes==
*It was a success as "Ciribiribin Waltz" for [[Charles A. Prince|Prince's Orchestra]] in 1911 reaching a number three position in the charts of the day as calculated by [[Joel Whitburn]].<ref>((cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research|location=Wisconsin, US|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/357 357]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/357))</ref>
*[[Grace Moore]] enjoyed chart success with the song in 1934 reaching a peak position of number 15.<ref name="auto">((cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research|location=Wisconsin, US|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/321 321]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/321))</ref> She also made a live recording accompanied by a pianist, Gibner King, as an encore after presenting some pieces with [[Willem Mengelberg]] and the [[Concertgebouw Orchestra]] on June 23, 1936.
*The song was a favorite of [[Harry James]], who chose it as his theme song when he formed his band in 1939<ref>((cite journal|last1=Simon|first1=George T.|title=In the Beginning|journal=Liner Notes for Columbia's Harry James Disk|date=1995))</ref> and wrote English lyrics for it with [[Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]]. The James version reached the No. 10 spot in the charts in 1940.<ref name="auto"/> [[Frank Sinatra]] worked with James's band for a while before going to work for [[Tommy Dorsey]]. On the James/Sinatra recording of the song, Sinatra enunciated the trailing "n".
*[[Bing Crosby]] and [[the Andrews Sisters]] recorded the song on September 20, 1939<ref>((cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1bDecca.html|website=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|access-date=April 1, 2017))</ref> with [[Joe Venuti]] and his Orchestra and it reached the number 13 spot in the charts in 1940. This was Crosby's first recording with the Andrews Sisters and they went on to have another 22 chart hits together in the US.<ref>((cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research|location=Wisconsin, US|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/113 113]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/113))</ref>

==Other recordings==
Artists who have recorded the song in Italian include [[Gracie Fields]], [[Mario Lanza]], [[Claudio Villa (singer)|Claudio Villa]], and [[Renato Carosone]].  
Coloratura sopranos [[Mado Robin]] and [[Erna Sack]] recorded the song as well (in German for Erna Sack).

==Film appearances==
*1934: ''[[One Night of Love]]'' – as Ciri-Biri-Bin – sung by Grace Moore and joined in by the patrons of the restaurant. 
*1942: ''[[Springtime in the Rockies]]''
*1953: ''[[So This Is Love (film)|So This Is Love]]'' – performed by [[Kathryn Grayson]]
*1955: ''[[Hit the Deck (1955 film)|Hit the Deck]]'' – performed by [[Kay Armen]], accompanied by [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]], [[Russ Tamblyn]], [[Vic Damone]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[Jane Powell]] and [[Ann Miller]]. 
*1978: ''[[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]]'' – [[Warren Beatty]]'s character plays the song on soprano saxophone.

==In popular culture==
*The song "[[Java Jive]]", a hit song for [[the Ink Spots]] in 1940, originally featured the [[couplet]] "I'm not keen about a bean / Unless it is a 'cheery beery bean", as a pun on "Ciribiribin", but the Ink Spots' lead singer inadvertently sang it as "cheery cheery bean", and recordings by subsequent artists have generally either followed suit or changed it to "[[Chili con carne|chili]] chili bean".
*An earlier play on the "chili" joke came in a comic song written by [[Albert Von Tilzer]] and recorded by [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]] in 1921. The song, "Chili Bean", is about an exotic woman named Chili Bean. A bar of "Ciribiribin" appears in a brief instrumental segment in the middle of the song.
*A rock 'n' roll adaptation, "Gotta Lotta Love", sung by [[Steve Alaimo]], was mildly successful in late 1963, where it peaked at number 74.<ref>((cite book |title=  Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=26))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

((The Andrews Sisters))
((Bing Crosby singles))
((Harry James))
((Jeanette MacDonald))
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[[Category:1898 songs]]
[[Category:1939 singles]]
[[Category:Italian songs]]
[[Category:Frank Sinatra songs]]
[[Category:Jeanette MacDonald songs]]

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