Fred Astaire - Top Hat White Tie & Tails (1933-36) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

22 tracks from dancer/actor/singer, inc. InchI Used to Be Color BlindInch, InchThe YamInch & InchNice Work If You Can Get ItInch, feat. The orchestras of Ray Noble, Johnny Green, Leo Reisman & John Scott Trotter. Album Tracks 1. Crazy Feet 2. I Used to Be Colour Blind 3. Fine Romance 4. Yam 5. I'd Rather Lead a Band 6. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 7. Nice Work If You Can Get It 8. Foggy Day 9. We Saw the Sea 10. Let's Face the Music and Dance 11. Let Yourself Go 12. Cheek to Cheek 13. Yam Step 14. They Can't Take That Away from Me 15. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket 16. Way You Look Tonight 17. I'm Building Up to a Awful Let Down 18. Pick Yourself Up 19. Night and Day 20. Wedding in the Spring 21. You Were Never Lovelier 22. Shorty George 23. I'm Old Fashioned 24. Dearly Beloved

America's greatest song and dance man still remains the epitome of class in popular entertainment 16 years after his death. As this CD clearly illustrates Fred Astaire introduced some of the 20th Century's finest songs by some of it's greatest writers including Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter all of whom have songs featured on this package. Album Tracks 1. A Fine Romance 2. They Can't Take That Away from Me 3. Cheek to Cheek 4. Top Hat White Tie and Tails 5. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 6. Yourself Up 7. Nice Work If You Can Get It 8. A Foggy Day 9. The Way You Look Tonight 10. Never Gonna Dance 11. I've Got You on My Mind 12. Night and Day 13. Fascinatin' Rhythm 14. Puttin' on the Ritz 15. Isn't It a Lovely Day to Be Caught in the Rain 16. Crazy Feet 17. Funny Face 18. Hang on to Me

Singer, dancer and actor Fred Astaire became one of the most high-profile personalities in popular entertainment with his legendary screen appearances with Ginger Rodgers and other leading ladies in a succession of movie musicals during the 1930s, '40s and '50s. However, he was also a highly successful recording artist, translating the classic songs from films and Broadway shows into a string of hits, notably featuring the songs of George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer, and other top composers of the classic era of the Great American Songbook. This great-value 75-track 3-CD collection comprises most of his releases on the HMV, Columbia (UK & US), Victor, Brunswick and Decca labels during these years. It features all his thirty career hits, including the No. 1s InchCheek To CheekInch, InchI'm Putting All My Eggs in One BasketInch, InchThe Way You Look TonightInch, Nice Work if You Can Get ItInch and InchChange PartnersInch plus Top 10 hits with many other classics of the era like InchA Foggy DayInch, InchLet's Call The Whole Thing OffInch and InchTop Hat, White Tie And TailsInch. Featuring duet recordings with Adele Astaire, and performances with George Gershwin at the piano and with the orchestras of Leo Reisman, Johnny Green, Ray Noble, Benny Goodman, Perry Botkin, Bob Crosby and John Scott Trotter, it captures the spirit of the entertainment that carried the USA through the Depression years. Album Tracks 1. Oh Gee! Oh Gosh! 2. The Whichness of the Whatness 3. Fascinating Rhythm 4. The Half of It, Dearie, Blues 5. I'd Rather Charleston 6. Hang on to Me 7. Swiss Miss 8. High Hat 9. My One and Only 10. Funny Face 11. Not My Girl 12. Louisiana 13. Puttin' on the Ritz 14. Crazy Feet 15. I Love Louisa 16. New Sun in the Sky 17. Hoops 18. White Heat 19. I've Got You on My Mind 20. Night a