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"Puttin' On the Ritz" is a song written by Irving Berlin. He wrote it in May 1927 and first published it on December 2, 1929. [1] It was registered as an unpublished song on August 24, 1927 and again on July 27, 1928. [1] It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film Puttin' On the Ritz (1930).
These newly issued songs were featured on a 5-disc, 78 rpm album set Decca Album No.A-481. [5] The first four discs are sung by Bing Crosby, while the last disc has Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire dueting on "A Couple of Song and Dance Men" and Astaire soloing on "Puttin' On the Ritz".
Starring Fred Astaire (Avan-Guard, 1987) Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Saville/Conifer, 1987) Astairable Fred (DRG, 1988) Cheek to Cheek (Compact Selection, 1988) Puttin' On the Ritz (Nostalgia/Mainline, 1988) The Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Story (Deja Vu, 1989) Top Hat: Hits from Hollywood (Sony, 1994 ) Steppin Out: Fred Astaire at MGM ...
In contrast, Astaire, assisted by choreographers Hermes Pan and Dave Robel (for the "Puttin' on the Ritz" routine), delivers a series of dances which explore the theme of confrontation, both with partners and with the audience. As a result, it is one of only a few Astaire films not to feature a romantic-partnered dance.
Puttin' On the Ritz is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Harry Richman, Joan Bennett, and James Gleason.The screenplay was written by Gleason and William K. Wells based on a story by John W. Considine Jr.
The latter film featured "Puttin' On the Ritz", an innovative song-and-dance routine indelibly associated with him. Other partners during this period included Paulette Goddard in Second Chorus (1940), in which he dance-conducted the Artie Shaw orchestra.
Now Fred Astaire (or simply Now) is a studio album by American dancer and singer Fred Astaire, released in 1959 on Kapp Records. [1]Billboard reviewed the album and rated it four stars out of four, writing: "In his straightforward, easy-going, inimitable fashion, Fred Astaire warmly gives out with a varied program of standards, rhythm tunes and ballads, including medleys from some of his hit ...
Fred Astaire dance-conducting the Artie Shaw Orchestra in Second Chorus. This is a comprehensive guide to over one hundred and fifty of Fred Astaire's solo and partnered dances compiled from his thirty-one Hollywood musical comedy films produced between 1933 and 1968, his four television specials and his television appearances on The Hollywood Palace and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ...