The Astaire Story

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Isn’t This a Lovely Day
  4:30
• 2
  Puttin’ on the Ritz
  2:53
• 3
  I Used to Be Color Blind
  4:17
• 4
  The Continental
  3:31
• 5
  Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
  4:39
• 6
  Change Partners
  3:16
• 7
  ’s Wonderful
  2:59
• 8
  Lovely to Look At
  3:28
• 9
  They All Laughed
  2:58
• 10
  Cheek to Cheek
  5:40
• 11
  Steppin’ Out With My Baby
  2:24
• 12
  The Way You Look Tonight
  2:59
• 13
  I’ve Got My Eyes on You
  3:00
• 14
  Dancing in the Dark
  4:47
• 15
  The Carioca
  4:50
• 16
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  2:09
• 17
  New Sun in the Sky
  2:30
• 18
  I Won’t Dance
  3:03
• 19
  Fast Dances
  2:44
• CD 2
• 1
  Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
  4:01
• 2
  No Strings
  2:58
• 3
  I Concentrate on You
  2:45
• 4
  I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
  2:57
• 5
  A Fine Romance
  3:45
• 6
  Night and Day
  5:24
• 7
  Fascinating Rhythm
  2:44
• 8
  I Love Louisa
  2:41
• 9
  Slow Dances
  2:55
• 10
  Medium Dance
  2:03
• 11
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  4:24
• 12
  You’re Easy to Dance With
  3:24
• 13
  A Needle in a Haystack
  2:24
• 14
  So Near and Yet So Far
  3:21
• 15
  A Foggy Day
  4:03
• 16
  Oh, Lady Be Good
  5:03
• 17
  I’m Building Up to an Awful Letdown
  4:01
• 18
  Not My Girl
  3:38
• 19
  Jam Session
  6:33

More by Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire’s Finest Hour

Fred Astaire’s Finest Hour 2003

The Essential Fred Astaire

The Essential Fred Astaire 2003

The Way You Look Tonight / Pick Yourself Up

The Way You Look Tonight / Pick Yourself Up 1936

Night And Day / After You Who

Night And Day / After You Who 1933

Puttin’ On the Ritz

Puttin’ On the Ritz

The Ultimate Doubles

The Ultimate Doubles 2013

Release credits

• Adele Astaire
  vocal [10]
• Adolph Deutsch
  conductor [8]
• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [1.2, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18-19, 2.2, 2.5-7, 2.10-12]
• Barney Kessel
  electric guitar [19], guitar [2.2, 2.5-7, 2.11-12, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18]
• Charlie Shavers
  instrument [7], trumpet [2.2, 2.5-7, 2.11-12, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18]
• Flip Phillips
  tenor saxophone [2.2, 2.5-6, 2.11-12, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18]
• Fred Astaire
  tap dance [1.19, 2.10], vocal
• MGM Studio Orchestra
  performing orchestra [8]
• Max Steiner
  conductor [1]
• Norman Granz
  producer [2.1-18, 1.1-19]
• Oscar Peterson
  celesta [2], piano [2.2, 2.5-7, 2.10-12, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6-7, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18-19]
• Ray Brown
  bass [7], bass guitar [2.2, 2.6-7, 1.2, 1.4, 1.10, 1.14], double bass [1.4, 1.6-7, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.18-19, 2.5-6, 2.10-12]
• The RKO Radio Studio Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1]

Issues

• T
  The Astaire Story

  4x 12" Vinyl
  1953
• 

  T
  The Astaire Story

  2x CD
  1988
• T
  The Astaire Story

  2x CD
  8 April 2016
• 

  T
  The Astaire Story

  2x CD
  2017