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Aug 15, 2019 · “THE HALF OF IT DEARIE, BLUES” – Fred Astaire with George Gershwin (April 20, 1926) George & Ira Gershwin. In December 1924, one of the most important events in Broadway musical history occurred when George and Ira Gershwin collaborated on their first hit show, Lady, Be Good!
Mar 27, 2010 · Fred Astaire / George Gershwin - Lady,Be Good (The Half Of It Dearie,Blues).Label: Columbia.No.: 3969 (A3186).Fred Astaire (baritone and actual dancing).Geo...
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Dec 30, 2014 · Part two of this recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPWBMVwTkAoDigitized from the LP shown above, released by Columbia in the 1970s."David Hert...
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Funny Face is a 1927 musical composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and book by Fred Thompson and Paul Gerard Smith. When it opened on Broadway on November 22, 1927, as the first show performed in the newly built Alvin Theatre, it starred Fred Astaire and his sister Adele Astaire.
Ira Gershwin " ' The Half of it, Dearie' Blues " is a song composed by George Gershwin , with lyrics by Ira Gershwin . It was introduced by Fred Astaire and Kathlene Martyn in the 1924 musical Lady be Good .
“Fascinating Rhythm,” a bouncy duet that Fred and Adele would perform in the show in New York and in London’s West End. They would commit it to record, on Columbia, with George Gerswhin on piano, in 1926. This recording was named to the Library of Congress’ National Registry in 2004.
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George Gershwin plays piano and Fred Astaire sing in this 1926 recording of 'the half of it dearie blues' taken from the musical 'Lady be good' from 1924.
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