Recent Posts Tagged With 'fred astaire'

• A Foggy Day

  Posted on Wednesday September 30th, 2009 at 21:31 in fred astaire, 1930s, 1937, movie musical, george gershwin, ira gershwin, a damsel in distress

  By George & Ira Gershwin1937A truly delightful Gershwin treasure, written by the brothers for the film A Damsel in Distress. As with so many Gershwin classics, it was introduced in the movie by the one and only Fred Astaire, a performer whose cla...

• Fascinating Rhythm

  Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 12:14 in broadway, 1920s, fred astaire, george gershwin, 1924, lady be good, ira gershwin

  George & Ira Gershwin1924One of the earliest hits for the Gershwins, and an early example of a pop son incorporating the syncopation common in jazz and ragtime (hence the title). It was introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and his sister Ade...

• Change Partners

  Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 02:22 in fred astaire, 1930s, carefree, movie musical, 1938, irving berlin

  By Irving Berlin1938A number-one hit for Irving Berlin, originally written for the one and only Fred Astaire to sing to Ginger Rogers in the film Carefree. The song is one of Berlin's greatest both melodically and lyrically, and became an instant sta...

• The Continental

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 15:19 in ginger rogers, fred astaire, 1930s, movie musical, 1934, the gay divorcee, herb magidson, con conrad

  By Con Conrad & Herb Magidson1934The gorgeous Ginger Rogers introduced this sophisticated number in one of her classic vehicles with Fred Astaire, The Gay Divorcee--a film that's a cornucopia of Astaire/Rogers gems. It holds the distinction of be...

• They All Laughed

  Posted on Monday March 16th, 2009 at 13:22 in ginger rogers, fred astaire, 1930s, 1937, shall we dance, movie musical, george gershwin, ira gershwin

  By George & Ira Gershwin1937A charming classic written for the Astaire/Rogers musical Shall We Dance. Ginger was the one to introduce it in the movie. It's light-hearted melody and engaging, Porter-esque lyric (one of Ira Gershwin's best) has lon...

• I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

  Posted on Friday February 20th, 2009 at 08:04 in ginger rogers, fred astaire, 1930s, 1936, movie musical, follow the fleet, irving berlin

  By Irving Berlin1936Irving Berlin and Fred Astaire. Perhaps never was there a more fortuitous working relationship in the history of popular music. Berlin composed this ode to monogamy for Astaire and Ginger Roger's 1936 musical Follow the Fleet, the...

• Dream Dancing

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 11:01 in fred astaire, 1940s, cole porter, movie musical, 1941, you'll never get rich

  By Cole Porter1941Still on the Fred Astaire kick today. This one was written by Porter for Astaire's movie You'll Never Get Rich. Ironically, it was introduced in the film as an instrumental; still Astaire was the first to subsequently record it with...

• They Can't Take That Away from Me

  Posted on Tuesday December 16th, 2008 at 08:13 in ginger rogers, fred astaire, shall we dance, movie musical, george gershwin, ira gershwin

  By George & Ira Gershwin1937For my 100th post here at SOTD, I'm spotlighting one of the most famous, and rightly beloved standards of all time. It's a song for which George Gershwin was posthumously nominated for the Academy Award. He and his bro...