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<div>'''"Song of India"''' is a popular song adapted from the [[aria]] "Pesni︠a︡ indiĭskogo gosti︠a︡" (Song of the Indian Guest) from [[Rimsky-Korsakov]]'s 1896 opera [[Sadko (opera)|''Sadko'']].<ref>[http://lccn.loc.gov/n831943147 "Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Sadko (Opera). Pesni︠a︡ indiĭskogo gosti︠a︡"] in ''Library of Congress Authorities'', accessed 5 November 2015.</ref> The melody was also used for the 1918 song "[[Beautiful Ohio]]", which became the official song of the U.S. State of [[Ohio]].<br />
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==Tommy Dorsey recording==<br />
In January 1937, [[Tommy Dorsey]] recorded an instrumental jazz arrangement featuring [[Bunny Berigan]] on [[trumpet]], which became a jazz standard.<ref name="Sullivan2013">{{cite book|last=Sullivan|first=Steve|title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA185|date=4 October 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8296-6|page=185}}</ref><ref name="Gioia2012">{{cite book|last=Gioia|first=Ted|title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVwGAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA61|date=27 September 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-993739-4|page=61}}</ref> Coupled with "[[Marie (1929 song)|Marie]]", the 78 rpm disc ''([[Victor Records|Victor]] #25523)'' 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.<ref name="BogdanovWoodstra2002">{{cite book|last1=Bogdanov|first1=Vladimir|last2=Woodstra|first2=Chris|last3=Erlewine|first3=Stephen Thomas|title=All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yXVEjS-j8IC&pg=PT355|year=2002|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=978-0-87930-717-2|page=355}}</ref><br />
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==Other recordings==<br />
*[[Paul Whiteman]] also recorded a [[foxtrot]] arrangement of the song in 1921.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Paul-Whiteman-And-His-Orchestra-Cho-Cho-San-Song-Of-India/release/2109014|title=Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra - Cho-Cho-San / Song Of India|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2018-05-18}}</ref> <br />
*Another recording was [[Danny Gatton]]'s Redneck Jazz Explosion in 1978.<br />
Sarah Brightman, in her 2005 album "Dream Chaser".<br />
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