The Essential Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Cheek to Cheek
  3:21
• 2
  Top Hat White Tie and Tails
  2:38
• 3
  Isn’t It a Lovely Day
  3:18
• 4
  Facinating Rhythm
  2:26
• 5
  My One and Only
  3:03
• 6
  Puttin’ on the Ritz
  2:38
• 7
  Crazy Feet
  2:56
• 8
  Night and Day
  3:16
• 9
  We’re in the Money
  2:18
• 10
  Flying Down to Rio
  2:52
• 11
  Lets Face the Music and Dance
  2:30
• 12
  I’m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
  2:51
• 13
  Let Yourself Go
  2:43
• 14
  I’m Building Up to an Awful Letdown
  3:07
• 15
  A Fine Romance
  2:53
• 16
  The Way You Look Tonight
  3:09
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Pick Yourself Up
  3:01
• 18
  Bojangles of Harlem
  3:07
• 19
  They All Laughed
  2:52
• 20
  They Can’t Take That Away From Me
  3:06
• CD 2
• 1
  Shall We Dance
  2:35
• 2
  Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
  3:16
• 3
  I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck
  2:55
• 4
  A Foggy Day in London Town
  2:54
• 5
  Nice Work If You Can Get It
  2:46
• 6
  Change Partners
  3:10
• 7
  Who Cares
  2:53
• 8
  Just Like
  2:55
• 9
  Dream Dancing
  2:46
• 10
  So Near and Yet So Far
  3:08
• 11
  You’re Easy To (dance with)
  2:49
• 12
  Dearly Beloved
  2:40
• 13
  I’m Old‐Fashioned
  2:27
• 14
  You Were Never Lovelier
  2:45
• 15
  A Couple of Song and Dance Men
  2:22
• 16
  A Couple of Swells
  2:43
• 17
  The Liar Song
  3:10
• 18
  I Wanna Be a Dancin’ Man
  3:15
• 19
  The Continental
  3:27
• 20
  I Won’t Dance
  2:51

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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 [4]
• Alvin Stoller
  drums (drum set) [19]
• Barney Kessel
  guitar [19]
• Benny Goodman
  clarinet [7]
• Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [7]
• Charlie Shavers
  trumpet [19]
• Columbia Studio Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6]
• Flip Phillips
  tenor saxophone [19]
• Fred Astaire
  performer [6], vocal [2.1-2, 2.5-7, 2.10, 2.14, 2.19, 1.1-6, 1.8, 1.10, 1.12-13, 1.15-16, 1.18-20]
• George Gershwin
  piano [4]
• Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [10]
• Jack Frey
  piano [5]
• John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [14]
• Johnny Green and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1.2-3, 1.12-13, 1.15-16, 1.18, 1.20, 2.1-2]
• Julian Jones and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5]
• Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1]
• Mario Braggiotti
  piano [5]
• Norman Granz
  producer [2.19, 1.19]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [19]
• Ray Brown
  bass guitar [19], double bass [19]
• Ray Noble and His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5]
• Van Phillips and His All-Star Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6, 10]
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Issues

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  The Essential Collection

  2x CD
  2010