Perry Como Live - Begin the Beguine

Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall. June 7, 1961. With Mitchell Ayres’ Orchestra. “Begin the Beguine“ is a popular song written by Cole Porter. Porter composed the song between Kalabahi, Indonesia, and Fiji during a 1935 Pacific cruise aboard Cunard’s ocean liner Franconia. In October 1935, it was introduced by June Knight in the Broadway musical Jubilee, produced at the Imperial Theatre in New York City.