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Whirling Dervishes are an American alternative rock band from Westfield, New Jersey. Formed in 1981 initially as Johnny Bravo and his Whirling Dervishes, the band shortened its name in 1983 to Whirling Dervishes. [1] Their sound has been described as a combination of Roxy Music, The Stooges, Nine Inch Nails and The Wonderstuff. [2]
The Whirling Dervishes, Being an Account of the Sufi Order Known as the Mevlevis and Its Founder the Poet and Mystic Mevlana Jalalu'ddin Rumi, Macmillan (New York, NY, 1975) Submission: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, hadith notations by Al-Hajj Shaikh Muzaffereddin, Harper and Row (New York, NY, 1977)
Whirling Dervishes from Turkey, with Kemal Evren, Tugrul Inancer, Aram Kerovpyan, Muzzffereddîn Ozak, Hafiz Kemâl Ozmutlu, Mahmud Tabrîzîzade, 1981; Turkey: Art of the Ottoman Tanbur, 1989; The Mystic Flutes of Sufi: Preludes to Ceremonies of the Whirling Dervishes, with Suleyman Erguner, 1988; Cérémonie des Derviches Kadiri, 1989
The song was also covered by New Jersey alternative rock band the Whirling Dervishes. [4] Writer Chris Jordan of the Asbury Park Press called their version "wonderfully depraved in the best of holiday ways" and noted that their version became a "Jersey" classic. [5] The song was used in the 2021 miniseries Hawkeye episode 5 end credits.
Whirling Dervishes founding member Bob Ardrey passed away June 25 in Fort Mill, South Carolina, after a year-long illness.
"The) Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" is a novelty song written by Harry Warren, Al Dubin, and Johnny Mercer. In an Orientalist jazz musical style and with a Turquesque confusion of Islamic, Indian, and Western cultural motifs, it recounts the amorous adventures of the eponymous unfaithful sweetheart of an oblivious Whirling Dervish amid a number of musicians who compete for her affections.
The others were pianist-comedian Victor Borge and Trotter's drummer, music "depreciationist" Spike Jones; it should be noted, however, that Colonna performed on two songs for the 1938 Warner Bros. film Garden of the Moon, to memorable effect—"Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish" and "Lady on the Three Cent Stamp", respectively.
The Whirling Dervish: Anna Short film 2010 Missoni: Short film 2011 Where Is Victor Black? Short film 2012 Wifed Out: Becky 2012 Playback: DeeDee Baker 2013 Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story: Becky 2014 London Fields: Tasty Girl 2016 Killer App: Barclay