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2. Slap That Bass - Wikipedia

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   "Slap That Bass" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, introduced by Fred Astaire and Dudley Dickerson in the 1937 film Shall We Dance. [ 3 ] The song refers to the slap style of double bass playing that was popular at the time.

3. Shall We Dance (1937 film) - Wikipedia

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   Shall We Dance is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich.It is the seventh of the ten Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films. The story follows an American ballet dancer (Astaire) who falls in love with a tap dancer (Rogers); the tabloid press concocts a story of their marriage, after which life imitates art.

4. Hoctor's Ballet - Wikipedia

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   The entire Gershwin project may take 30 to 40 years to complete, and it is unclear when the score to Shall We Dance (which includes Hoctor's Ballet) will be released. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] * See specifically Gershwin: A New Critical Biography, by Edward Jablonski (1998) pg. 300-304 and Gershwin: His Life and Work, by Howard Pollack (2006) pg. 671 for ...

5. Walking the Dog (Gershwin) - Wikipedia

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   Walking the Dog is one of many musical numbers written in 1937 by George Gershwin for the score for the Fred Astaire – Ginger Rogers film Shall We Dance. In the film, the music accompanies a sequence of walking a dog on board a luxury liner. In 1960, the sequence was published as "Promenade".

6. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Wikipedia

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   The song, in the context of Shall We Dance, notes some of the things that Peter (Astaire) will miss about Linda (Rogers). The lyrics include "the way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea", and "the way you hold your knife, the way we danced till three". Each verse is followed by the line "no, no, they can't take that away from me".

7. Shall We Dance? (1951 song) - Wikipedia

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   "Shall We Dance?" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. [1] It is sung by the characters of Anna Leonowens and the King of Siam, originated on Broadway by Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner respectively. [ 2 ]

8. Shall We Dance - Wikipedia

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   "Shall We Dance?" (1951 song), a Rodgers and Hammerstein song from the musical The King and I "Shall We Dance", a 1981 song by Bram Tchaikovsky "Shall We Dance", a George and Ira Gershwin song, the finale to the 1937 film Shall We Dance; Shall We Dance?, a 1961 album by Jack Jones

9. List of North American folk music traditions - Wikipedia

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   Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples (Fifth ed.). New York: Schirmer Books/Cengage. ISBN 978-0-02-872602-1. van der Merwe, Peter (1989). Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-316121-4. "International Dance Glossary". World Music Central.