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Old 12-15-2018, 07:00 PM
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Today's Link Thread post is in honor of Fred Astaire.



First, some quotes from the comment thread for the "The Way You Look Tonight" link below:


"Fred Astaire is the best singer of songs the movie world ever knew. His phrasing has individual sophistication that is utterly charming. Presumably the runner-up would be Bing Crosby, a wonderful fellow, though he doesn't have the unstressed elegance of Astaire." --- Oscar Levant



Question: What great singers of the past do you wish had sung your music? Stephen Sondheim: Nobody really. Well, actually, Fred Astaire.



"As a dancer he stands alone, and no singer knows his way around a song like Fred Astaire." --- Irving Berlin

"He has a remarkable ear for intonation, a great sense of rhythm and what is most important, he has great style - style in my way of thinking is a matter of delivery, phrasing, pace, emphasis, and most of all presence." --- Bing Crosby

"Astaire can't do anything badly." --- Jerome Kern


The Way You Look Tonight
Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails
Isn't This a Lovely Day to Be Caught in the Rain
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
They Can't Take That Away From Me
Nice Work if You Can Get It
We're A Couple of Swells
A Couple of Song and Dance Men
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