Fred Astaire

Nov 22, 2024 | hickoryrecord.com | Fred Astaire

I write a syndicated column on politics and public policy that often centers on the issue of taxation. I am also a practitioner and teacher of tap dancing. Want to see these two seemingly separate interests intersect? Then by all means, read on. During the golden age of tapping, in the 1930s and early 1940s, this quintessential American art form played a sizable role in pop culture.

Jun 10, 2024 | lesen.de | Fred Astaire

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 its greatest writers including Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter all of whom have songs featured on this package. (acrobatmusic. net)

Jan 18, 2024 | democraticunderground.com | Fred Astaire |Rita Hayworth |Cole Porter

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Jan 13, 2024 | lookstranger.substack.com | Jerome Kern |Johnny Mercer |Fred Astaire |Philip Collins

The Great American Songbook is one of the jewels of our culture. Created largely, if not exclusively, by the sons of Jewish immigrants to New York City in the first four decades of the 20th century, and performed largely, if not exclusively, by the sons of immigrants from Italy, it has given more pleasure to more people than almost anything. I have chosen a dozen songs, one a month, to illustrate the wonders of this fabled book. They are not the 12 ‘best’ songs, because that is an impossible task.

Jan 7, 2024 | democraticunderground.com | Fred Astaire |Irving Berlin

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