I Get Ideas

"I Get Ideas"
Song
Published	1951
Genre	Tango
Composer(s)	Julio Cesar Sanders (1927)
Lyricist(s)	Dorcas Cochran (English 1951)

"I Get Ideas" is a popular song.

The music is a 1927 tango-canción (tango with lyrics) called "Adios, Muchachos", composed by Argentinian Julio Cesar Sanders (often credited in the U.S. as "Lenny Sanders").[1] The English lyric (which has nothing to do with the original Spanish lyric by Cesar Felipe Vedani) is by Dorcas Cochran, and was published in 1951.

The best-known version of the song was the recording by Tony Martin. It was recorded on April 16, 1951 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-4141. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on May 25, 1951 and lasted 30 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3.

The recording by Louis Armstrong was recorded on July 24, 1951 and released by Decca Records as catalog number 27720. It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on August 24, 1951 and lasted 16 weeks on the chart, peaking at #13. It was the flip side of "A Kiss to Build a Dream On."

The song was also recorded by Peggy Lee on May 16, 1951. It was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1573. Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney recorded a duet of this song on 2 December 1964 with the Billy May Orchestra.

"I Get Ideas" is sung by Desi Arnaz playing Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy in episode 31 "The Publicity Agent" first aired on May 12, 1952 and Lucille Ball sings the song as Lucy Ricardo in episode 130 of I Love Lucy, "Lucy and the Dummy" which was broadcast on October 17, 1955.

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