The Early Years at RKO

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Music Makes Me
  2:29
• 2
  Flying Down to Rio
  2:49
• 3
  Night and Day [From "The Gay Divorce"]
  3:28
  5.0 ★
• 4
  No Strings
  2:36
• 5
  Isn’t This a Lovely Day
  3:18
• 6
  Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
  2:42
• 7
  Cheek to Cheek
  3:20
• 8
  The Piccolino
  3:19
• 9
  We Saw the Sea
  2:24
• 10
  Let Yourself Go
  2:39
• 11
  I’d Rather Lead a Band
  2:32
• 12
  I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
  2:51
• 13
  Let’s Face the Music and Dance
  2:30
• 14
  Pick Yourself Up
  3:00
• 15
  The Way You Look Tonight
  3:13
  3.0 ★
• 16
  A Fine Romance
  2:56
• 17
  Bojangles of Harlem
  3:08
• 18
  Never Gonna Dance
  3:13
• 19
  A Fine Romance [alternate take]
  3:10
• 20
  Waltz in Swing Time [alternate take]
  2:33
• CD 2
• 1
  (I’ve Got) Beginner’s Luck
  2:54
• 2
  Slap That Bass
  2:56
• 3
  They All Laughed
  2:49
• 4
  Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
  3:15
• 5
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  3:04
• 6
  Shall We Dance
  2:33
• 7
  I Can’t Be Bothered Now
  2:26
• 8
  Things Are Looking Up
  3:12
  3.0 ★
• 9
  A Foggy Day
  2:55
• 10
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  2:43
• 11
  I Used to Be Color Blind
  3:07
• 12
  The Yam
  2:45
• 13
  Change Partners
  3:07
• 14
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me [alternate take]
  3:05
• 15
  The Yam Steps (As Explained by Fred Astaire)
  2:53
• 16
  The Yam
  2:23
• 17
  I Used to Be Color Blind
  3:27

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

• Burt Williams
  reeds [3]
• Ernie Gibbs
  trombone [3]
• Fred Astaire
  vocal [2.1-11, 2.13, 1.1-18]
• Ginger Rogers
  vocal [17]
• Jessie Smith
  reeds [3]
• Johnny Green and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2.1, 2.4-6, 1.4-6, 1.9-18]
• Leo Reisman
  conductor [3]
• Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [3-4, 7-8]
• Lew Conrad
  violin [3]
• Lew Sherwood
  trumpet [3]
• Ray Noble and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [7-11, 13]
• Sammy Schklar
  violin [3]
• Van Phillips and His All-Star Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-2]

Issues

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