"The Frim-Fram Sauce" is a jazz song written by Redd Evans and Joe Ricardel. In 2002, journalist William Safire said frim-fram sauce was a variant of flim-flam or deceit and "ussin-fay" was pig Latin for "fussing", meaning "playing about fretfully". Safire quoted singer Diana Krall on the meaning of "shafafa": "'It's all about sex,' she replied innocently."
The song was made famous by The King Cole Trio whose recording on October 11, 1945 (Capitol 224) reached the Billboard charts with a peak position of No. 19. "The Frim-Fram Sauce" was recorded by Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong in 1946 and many other artists have also made recordings including Diana Krall who recorded the song for her albums Stepping Out (1993) and All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio (1996).
References
- Phares, Heather. "Diana Krall: Frim Fram Sauce". AllMusic. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ William Safire (2002-05-03). "Our lyrical language: William Safire on the symbiosis between the spoken and the sung". The Guardian (originally published in The New York Times 2002). Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- "45worlds.com". 45worlds.com. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
- Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 37. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- "The Frim Fram Sauce - Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald | Song Info | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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