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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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