The Sheik Of Araby
music by ted snyder
​lyrics by harry b. smith & francis wheeler

THE SHEIK OF ARABY
THE SHEIK OF ARABY      (SONG CAR-TUNES)   1926
The 1921 Tin Pan Alley hit The Sheik Of Araby was composed by Ted Snyder and lyricist Harry B. Smith and Francis Wheeler. The popular jazz standard was inspired by the popularity of the 1920 silent movie classic The Sheik, starring early pop icon and sex cymbal Rudolph Valentino. In 1926, Snyder incorporated part of the song's melody into That Night In Araby, a song composed for the movies non-silent sequel - The Son Of The Sheik. Also in 1926, Max Fleischer used The Sheik Of Araby for an installment of his popular Song Car-Tunes series.
1921

CALIFORNIA
​RAMBLERS
1921

LANIN'S
ROSELAND
​ORCHESTRA
1921

RAY
MILLER'S
​ORCHESTRA
1921

WILLY
METSCHKE'S
​ORCHESTRA
1921

BROADWAY
DANCE
​ORCHESTRA
1921

CLUB
ROYAL
​ORCHESTRA
1922

THE REGEL
​MALE TRIO
1922

MITCHELL'S
​JAZZ KINGS
1924

LANIN'S
ROSELAND
​ORCHESTRA
1930

RED
​NICHOL'S
AND THE
​FIVE PENNIES
19??

JOHNNY
HODGES
& THE DUKE
ELLINGTON
​ORCHESTRA
1937

THE
THREE
​PEPPERS
1937

BENNY
GOODMAN
1937

DJANJO
REINHARDT
1937

ART
​TATUM
1938

FATS
​WALLER
1938

TOMMY
DORSEY
AND HIS
CLAMBAKE
​SEVEN
1938

KEN
SNAKEHIPS
JOHNSON
AND HIS
WEST INDIAN
​ORCHESTRA
1939

JACK
​TEAGARDEN
ALL STARS
1940

from the film
TIN PAN
​ALLEY
1940

ALICE FAYE
& BETTY
GRABLE
from the film
TIN PAN
​ALLEY
1941

SIDNEY
​BECHET
19??

EDDIE
​PEABODY
1943

SPIKE JONES
AND HIS CITY
​SLICKERS
1944

DePARIS
BROTHERS
​ORCHESTRA
19??

OSCAR
PETERSON
1952

DUTCH SWING
COLLEGE
​BAND
1953

TCHAN-
TCHAN
​VIDAL
1956

BING
CROSBY
1956

MERLE
​TRAVIS
1956

JORGEN
INGMANN
1957

THE
​COLTS
1957

LOUIS
​PRIMA
1958

LOU
​MONTE
1958

FATS
​DOMINO
1958

LOU
MONTE
(ITALIAN
​STYLE)
1960

LOUIS
ARMSTRONG
& THE DUKES
​OF DIXIELAND
1961

THE
EVERLY
​BROTHERS
1962

MRS. MILLS
1962

THE
BEATLES
1967

JO ANN
​CASTLE
19??

JIMMY
​ROSELLI
1984

AXEL
​ZWINGEN-BERGER
19??

THE PALM
COURT
THEATRE
​ORCHESTRA
19??

THE FAPY
LAFERTIN
​QUARTET
19??

RAY
CHARLES
19??

UNCLE
DEADLY
from
THE MUPPET
SHOW
2007

HARRY
CONICK
​JR.
2009

WYNSTON
MARSALIS
AND
​FRIENDS
2011

BIXOLOGY
2011

LEON
​REDBONE
2014

JONNY
HEPBIR
​QUARTET
2015

TREME
BRASS
​BAND
20??

DON NEELY
AND THE
ROYAL
SOCIETY JAZZ
​ORCHESTRA
20??

ALL THAT
​JAZZ BAND
2017

LUCA
​FILASTRO
2018

SCOTT
HAMILTON
THE SHEIK  (1923)  RUDOLPH VALENTINO
A Satire of 1921's "The Sheik"  from 1923
added music - Abe Lyman and His California Orchestra
THE SON OF THE SHEIK  (1926)  RUDOLPH VALENTINO
THE SHEIK OF ARABY

Well I'm the sheik of Araby
Your love belongs to me
Well at night when you're asleep
Into your tent I'll creep
The stars that shine above
Will light our way to love
You'll rule this world with me
I'm the sheik of Araby

Well I'm the sheik of Araby
Your love belongs to me
Well at night when you're asleep
Into your tent I'll creep
The stars that shine above
Will light our way to love
You'll rule this world with me
I'm the sheik of Araby

Well I'm the sheik of Araby
​Well I'm the sheik of Araby, yeah
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