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Fred Astaire (1899-1987) was an American dancer and singer famous for his numerous appearances in the 1920s and 1930s in Vaudeville, on Broadway and on the London stage with sister Adele Astaire; in musical films between the 1930s and 1960s; and on American TV in the 1950s and beyond. Although he teamed with many dancers, including Gene Kelly, his best known screen pairing was with Ginger Rogers, with whom he appeared in 10 films. He continued to act in non-dancing roles in films and TV in the 1960s through 1980s.

In part because of his expressive phrasing and graceful interpretation, Astaire was chosen to introduce many now-classic songs, including standards by Cole Porter (example, “Night and Day”), his friend Irving Berlin (“Let’s Face the Music and Dance”), Jerome Kern (“The Way You Look Tonight”), Johnny Mercer (“One for My Baby”) and George and Ira Gershwin (“They Can’t Take That Away from Me”).

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1	Cheek To Cheek full track	754
2	Puttin' On The Ritz full track	576
3	The Way You Look Tonight full track	430
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5	Night And Day full track	323
6	They Can't Take That Away from Me full track	318
7	Let's Call The Whole Thing Off full track	256
8	Top Hat, White Tie and Tails full track	201
9	Nice Work If You Can Get It	196
10	They All Laughed full track	176
11	A Fine Romance full track	125
12	Change Partners full track	122
13	I Won't Dance full track	113
14	'S Wonderful full track	107
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GHELIX wrote:
Saturday afternoon

The Way You Look Tonight - my fav

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Leopreston wrote:
13 days ago

Bloomin' brilliant. :)

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Lord_Talron wrote:
16 days ago

gotta love ol fred :)

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Coliform wrote:
17 days ago

he is wonderful.

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Roogba wrote:
last month

his voice is like butter

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BluesRok wrote:
last month

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VGoRiLLaZ wrote:
last month

I would beg to differ.

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Slow19 wrote:
October 2009

The best dancer in history :)

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JunoKnowsTheBiz wrote:
September 2009

Today's article is about jazz vocalists, and naturally we had to feature Fred Astaire!

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Shortbug wrote:
August 2009

..i love fred...a fiiiiiiiinnnnneeee romance!!!

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clytie_hizashi wrote:
June 2009

Isn't this a lovely day to be caught in the rain?

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naonopoly wrote:
June 2009

I love his voice. It soothes the ears and warms the heart.:)

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truesaintee wrote:
May 2009

Possibly my favourite guy since I was about 10 - had a dream he was my guardian angel once :)

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tencentblues wrote:
May 2009

i love him

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pinkiberry wrote:
May 2009

on tour? Oh yes, always in my heart!

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cleartrampoline wrote:
May 2009

I love Fred Astaire. Too wonderful. :)

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StardustMontage wrote:
April 2009

omg i cant believe it,he was active from 20s to 80s!!! that's magic!

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pinkiberry wrote:
March 2009

HE'S HOOOOOT!

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VintageBabydoll wrote:
March 2009

MTV? (they should change the name of that channel, they hardly show music at all anymore) Fred beats anything that's on tv ;) and his movies are awesome (:

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JonnyBluMusic wrote:
March 2009

Diggin' it! ;) Cheers! Jonny www.jonnyblumusic.com

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