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"No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1935 film Top Hat, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. In the film, the character played by Astaire is advised to get married and Astaire responds by saying he prefers to remain as a bachelor and he launches into this song and a major dance routine.
On June 26, 1935, Fred and Leo Reisman, along with his Orchestra, got to work at ARC (parent company of Brunswick Records at the time) Studios in New York City.They recorded two Irving Berlin compositions, "Cheek To Cheek" and "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)".
No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) 1935: Irving Berlin: Irving Berlin: Top Hat: New York, June 26, 1935, Brunswick 7486 Not My Girl: 1929: Fred Astaire, Van Phillips: Desmond Carter: London, April 5, 1929, EC 5174 Oh Gee, Oh Gosh: 1922: Adele Astaire: William Daly: Arthur Francis aka Ira Gershwin: For Goodness Sake: London, October 18, 1923, HMV B1719 ...
"Something's Gotta Give" is a popular song with words and music by Johnny Mercer in 1954. [1] It was published in 1955.It was written for and first performed by Fred Astaire in the 1955 musical film Daddy Long Legs, and was nominated the same year for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, losing to "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" from the film of the same name.
No dance sequence follows, which was unusual for the Astaire-Rogers numbers. Astaire and Rogers did dance to it later in their last movie The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) in which they played a married couple with marital issues. The song, in the context of Shall We Dance, notes some of the things that Peter (Astaire) will miss about Linda ...
"I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket" (1936) " Let's Face the Music and Dance " is a song published in 1936 by Irving Berlin for the film Follow the Fleet , where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and featured in a celebrated dance duet with Astaire and Ginger Rogers .
"Pick Yourself Up" is a popular song composed in 1936 by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. It has a verse and chorus, as well as a third section, though the third section is often omitted in recordings.
His 1935 version was assessed as reaching the No. 3 spot in the charts of the day. [1] In 1953, he included the song in his album The Astaire Story. His final recording was in 1975 and the song was included in the album The Golden Age Of Fred Astaire. [2] Phil Ohman - his 1935 recording was assessed as reaching the No. 16 spot in the charts of ...