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Cheek To Cheek
Other Songs A Couple of Song and Dance Men A Fine Romance A Foggy Day A Foggy Day (In London Town) A Foggy Day (In London Town) [From A Damsel in Distress] A Needle in a Haystack A New Sun in the Sky A Shine on Your Shoes [From The Band Wagon] After You, Who? All of You [From Silk Stockings] All of You (Silk Stockings) Beginner's Luck Bojangles of Harlem By Myself Change Partners Change Partners (Reprise) Cheek To Cheek from TOP HAT Clap Yo Hands Coffee Time [Yolanda and the Thief] Crazy Feet Dancing in the Dark Dearly Belove Dearly Beloved Dig It Dream Dancing Easter Parade Fascinating Rhythm Flying Down To Rio Foggy Day Funny Face Hang on to Me He Loves and She Loves He Loves and She Loves [From Funny Face] Heat Wave Hoops How Are Things in Glocca Morra? How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've ... How Long Has This Been Going On? How Long Has This Been Going On? (Reprise) How Long Has This Been Going On? (Reprise) [Cut from Original score] How Lucky Can You Get I Can't Be Bothered Now I Can't Tell a Lie I Concentrate On You I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan [From The Band Wagon] I Left My Hat in Haiti I Love a Piano I Love Louisa I Love To Dance Like They Used To Dance I Used To Be Colour Blind I Wanna Be Loved By You [Previously Unreleased Track] I Won't Dance I Won't Dance [From Roberta; Previously Unreleased Track] I Won't Dance [Roberta] I'd Rather Charleston I'd Rather Lead a Band If This Isn't Love I'll Be Hard to Handle [From Roberta; Previously Unreleased Track] I'll Capture Your Heart I'll Walk Alone I'm Building Up To an Awful Let Down I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown I'm Old Fashioned Im Putting All My Eggs In One Basket In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening Isnt This A Lovely Day? It's Easy to Remember (I've Got) Beginner's Luck I've Got My Eyes on You I've Got You on My Mind Just Like Taking Candy From a Baby Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go [From Follow the Fleet] Let Yourself Go [From Follow the Fleet; Previously Unreleased Track] Let's Begin [From Roberta][#] Lets Call The Whole Thing Off Lets Face The Music And Dance Let's Kiss and Make Up Look to the Rainbow Love Of My Life Lovely To Look At Manhattan Downbeat Me and the Ghost Upstairs Medley: Lovely to Look At Miss Otis Regrets My Eyes Adored You My One and Only My One And Only [From Funny Face] My One and Only Highland Fling My Sunny Tennessee Needle in a Haystack [From The Gay Divorcee] Never Gonna Dance Never Gonna Dance [From Swing Time] Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) New Sun In the Sky New Sun in the Sky [From The Band Wagon] Nice Work If You Can Get It Night And Day No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) Not My Girl Oh, Lady Be Good On the Beam One For My Baby One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Piccolino Pick Yourself Up Poor Mister Chisholm Poor Mister Chisholm [From Second Chorus] Pretty Girl is Like a Melody [From "Blue Skies"] Put a Shine on Your Shoes Puttin On The Ritz 'S Wonderful Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town/Christmas Overture/First Toymaker to the Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Shall We Dance? Sing Slap That Bass Smoke Gets In Your Eyes So Near and Yet So Far So Near and Yet So Far [From You'll Never Get Rich] Something's Gotta Give Spring, Spring, Spring Steppin' Out With My Baby Swiss Miss Swiss Miss [From Lady, Be Good!] Swonderful That's Entertainment The Babbitt and the Bromide The Carioca The Continental The Gold Digger's Song (We're in the Money) The Half of It, Dearie, Blues The Piccolino The "Shorty George" The Way You Look Tonight The Wedding-Cake Walk The yam They All Laughed They All Laughed [From Shall We Dance] They Cant Take That Away From Me Things Are Looking Up Things Are Looking Up [From A Damsel in Distress] This Heart of Mine Top Hat White Tie And Tails Way You Look Tonight Way You Look Tonight [From Swing Time] We Saw the Sea We're in the Money We're in the Money (The Gold Diggers Song) Who Cares? You Were Never Lovelier Youre All the World to Me You're Easy To Dance With
Other Songs A Couple of Song and Dance Men A Fine Romance A Foggy Day A Foggy Day (In London Town) A Foggy Day (In London Town) [From A Damsel in Distress] A Needle in a Haystack A New Sun in the Sky A Shine on Your Shoes [From The Band Wagon] After You, Who? All of You [From Silk Stockings] All of You (Silk Stockings) Beginner's Luck Bojangles of Harlem By Myself Change Partners Change Partners (Reprise) Cheek To Cheek from TOP HAT Clap Yo Hands Coffee Time [Yolanda and the Thief] Crazy Feet Dancing in the Dark Dearly Belove Dearly Beloved Dig It Dream Dancing Easter Parade Fascinating Rhythm Flying Down To Rio Foggy Day Funny Face Hang on to Me He Loves and She Loves He Loves and She Loves [From Funny Face] Heat Wave Hoops How Are Things in Glocca Morra? How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Love You When You Know I've ... How Long Has This Been Going On? How Long Has This Been Going On? (Reprise) How Long Has This Been Going On? (Reprise) [Cut from Original score] How Lucky Can You Get I Can't Be Bothered Now I Can't Tell a Lie I Concentrate On You I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan [From The Band Wagon] I Left My Hat in Haiti I Love a Piano I Love Louisa I Love To Dance Like They Used To Dance I Used To Be Colour Blind I Wanna Be Loved By You [Previously Unreleased Track] I Won't Dance I Won't Dance [From Roberta; Previously Unreleased Track] I Won't Dance [Roberta] I'd Rather Charleston I'd Rather Lead a Band If This Isn't Love I'll Be Hard to Handle [From Roberta; Previously Unreleased Track] I'll Capture Your Heart I'll Walk Alone I'm Building Up To an Awful Let Down I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown I'm Old Fashioned Im Putting All My Eggs In One Basket In the Cool Cool Cool of the Evening Isnt This A Lovely Day? It's Easy to Remember (I've Got) Beginner's Luck I've Got My Eyes on You I've Got You on My Mind Just Like Taking Candy From a Baby Let Yourself Go Let Yourself Go [From Follow the Fleet] Let Yourself Go [From Follow the Fleet; Previously Unreleased Track] Let's Begin [From Roberta][#] Lets Call The Whole Thing Off Lets Face The Music And Dance Let's Kiss and Make Up Look to the Rainbow Love Of My Life Lovely To Look At Manhattan Downbeat Me and the Ghost Upstairs Medley: Lovely to Look At Miss Otis Regrets My Eyes Adored You My One and Only My One And Only [From Funny Face] My One and Only Highland Fling My Sunny Tennessee Needle in a Haystack [From The Gay Divorcee] Never Gonna Dance Never Gonna Dance [From Swing Time] Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) New Sun In the Sky New Sun in the Sky [From The Band Wagon] Nice Work If You Can Get It Night And Day No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) Not My Girl Oh, Lady Be Good On the Beam One For My Baby One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Piccolino Pick Yourself Up Poor Mister Chisholm Poor Mister Chisholm [From Second Chorus] Pretty Girl is Like a Melody [From "Blue Skies"] Put a Shine on Your Shoes Puttin On The Ritz 'S Wonderful Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town/Christmas Overture/First Toymaker to the Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Shall We Dance? Sing Slap That Bass Smoke Gets In Your Eyes So Near and Yet So Far So Near and Yet So Far [From You'll Never Get Rich] Something's Gotta Give Spring, Spring, Spring Steppin' Out With My Baby Swiss Miss Swiss Miss [From Lady, Be Good!] Swonderful That's Entertainment The Babbitt and the Bromide The Carioca The Continental The Gold Digger's Song (We're in the Money) The Half of It, Dearie, Blues The Piccolino The "Shorty George" The Way You Look Tonight The Wedding-Cake Walk The yam They All Laughed They All Laughed [From Shall We Dance] They Cant Take That Away From Me Things Are Looking Up Things Are Looking Up [From A Damsel in Distress] This Heart of Mine Top Hat White Tie And Tails Way You Look Tonight Way You Look Tonight [From Swing Time] We Saw the Sea We're in the Money We're in the Money (The Gold Diggers Song) Who Cares? You Were Never Lovelier Youre All the World to Me You're Easy To Dance With
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as the "greatest popular-music dancer of all time" and received numerous accolades, including an Honorary Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award.
As a dancer, he was known for his uncanny sense of rhythm, creativity, effortless presentation, and tireless perfectionism, which was sometimes a burden to co-workers. His dancing showed elegance, grace, originality, and precision. He drew influences from many sources, including tap, classical dance, and the elevated style of Vernon and Irene Castle. His trademark style greatly influenced the American Smooth style of ballroom dance. He called his eclectic approach "outlaw style", a following an unpredictable and instinctive muse. His motion was economical, yet endlessly nuanced. Jerome Robbins stated, "Astaire's dancing looks so simple, so disarming, so easy, yet the understructure, the way he sets the steps on, over or against the music, is so surprising and inventive.": 18
Astaire's most memorable dancing partnership was with Ginger Rogers, with whom he co-starred in 10 Hollywood musicals during the classic age of Hollywood cinema, including Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and Shall We Dance (1937).
Astaire's fame grew in films like Holiday Inn (1942), Easter Parade (1948), The Band Wagon (1953), Funny Face (1957), and Silk Stockings (1957). For his performance in John Guillermin's disaster film, The Towering Inferno (1974), Astaire received his only competitive Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
He starred in more than 10 Broadway and West End musicals, made 31 musical films, four television specials, and numerous recordings.
Astaire declared that his own tap heroes were the Nicholas Brothers, Fayard and Harold.
Astaire was honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1973, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1978, and AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1972, and the Television Hall of Fame in 1989. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Astaire the fifth-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema in 100 Years... 100 Stars.
Birth Name: Frederick AusterlitzAs a dancer, he was known for his uncanny sense of rhythm, creativity, effortless presentation, and tireless perfectionism, which was sometimes a burden to co-workers. His dancing showed elegance, grace, originality, and precision. He drew influences from many sources, including tap, classical dance, and the elevated style of Vernon and Irene Castle. His trademark style greatly influenced the American Smooth style of ballroom dance. He called his eclectic approach "outlaw style", a following an unpredictable and instinctive muse. His motion was economical, yet endlessly nuanced. Jerome Robbins stated, "Astaire's dancing looks so simple, so disarming, so easy, yet the understructure, the way he sets the steps on, over or against the music, is so surprising and inventive.": 18
Astaire's most memorable dancing partnership was with Ginger Rogers, with whom he co-starred in 10 Hollywood musicals during the classic age of Hollywood cinema, including Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), and Shall We Dance (1937).
Astaire's fame grew in films like Holiday Inn (1942), Easter Parade (1948), The Band Wagon (1953), Funny Face (1957), and Silk Stockings (1957). For his performance in John Guillermin's disaster film, The Towering Inferno (1974), Astaire received his only competitive Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
He starred in more than 10 Broadway and West End musicals, made 31 musical films, four television specials, and numerous recordings.
Astaire declared that his own tap heroes were the Nicholas Brothers, Fayard and Harold.
Astaire was honored with the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1973, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1978, and AFI Life Achievement Award in 1980. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1972, and the Television Hall of Fame in 1989. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Astaire the fifth-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema in 100 Years... 100 Stars.
Born: May 10, 1899 in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S
Died: June 22, 1987 (at age of 88) in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Siblings: Adele Astaire (sister)
Spouse(s): Phyllis Livingston Potter (m. 1933; died 1954)
Robyn Smith (m. 1980)
Children: 2
Instrument(s): Vocals, percussion, piano, accordion, clarinet
Occupation(s): Dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, presenter
Active From: 1904-1981