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Fred and Adele Astaire performing George Gershwin's "I'd Rather Charleston", with Gershwin at the piano. Recorded in London in 1926, from his score for "Lady...
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Aug 15, 2019 · The week the show opened in London, Fred & Adele Astaire and George Gershwin went into the studios of Columbia Records in London to record versions of four of the songs from Lady, Be Good! On April 20, they recorded “The Half Of It Dearie, Blues,” which was sung in the show by Fred Astaire as Dick Trevor and Kathlene Martyn as Dick’s love ...
2 days ago · In the movie Swing Time, she had to walk from the bathroom to the living room, mid-hair-washing, while Fred Astaire sang “The Way You Look Tonight.” Nothing looked like shampoo for take after take, though they tried many soaps, shaving cream, and whipped egg whites, which all ended up melting down her face, neck, and back.
Along with composing that show’s long-enduring title tune, the Gerswhins also wrote “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 ...
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. It was in this show that Astaire first danced ...
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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Nov 13, 2016 · Life Is Beautiful. November 13, 2016 · by Michael G. Morris · in Fred Astaire . Fred Astaire met George Gershwin around 1916 when they were both about 17 years old and George was working at Remick’s music publishing house. Fred and his sister Adele were searching for material for their vaudeville act. Astaire remembered in a later interview ...
