Wow guys, I never thought this many people would want to see this. There was a similair version of this video here on youtube but for some reason one day it just vanished so I uploaded this one. I'm glad you all like it this much :)
So true, you are right on. No jumping up & down, no screaming antics, noisy props. Simply one person with a heap of talent & his performance shows that doesn't it.. Peggy Wood
I remember so well singing this softly to my mum as she slipped into a coma & passed away. It was her favourite song because she said my dad sang it to her when he asked her to marry him . I never knew my dad, he died when I was 4 months old . Many cover versions have been done, but this, the original is totally the best . I miss you so much mum Peggy Wood (Aotearoa)
I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
@@ackgeezer9754 Absolutely. And this exquisite number won them a Best Song Oscar--the first of two for Jerome Kern, and the first (and sadly, only) for Dorothy Fields, who was the first woman so honored. (She was also the only woman, period, until 1968, when the Best Song award went to Marilyn Bergman, together with Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand, for "The Windmills of Your Mind.")
Of all the versions I've heard thus far, this is my favorite. I like Fred's style of singing. His dancing overshadowed his voice which, in my view, was underrated.
the reason why today’s movie musicals will never compare to the old ones is because the singing seems very artificial. fred was obviously dubbing himself here but like you said it’s honest. even with better technology today it seems like movie producers, sound mixers or whatever forgot how to make a good musical
Totally, I honestly think Fred has a beautiful voice. He didn't try to be an amazing singer, he just sang, but it was the simple, wholesome way he sang the lyrics to everything, especially this song.
Actually, it's called crooning and it, too, required skilled vocal technique. Singing with volume is actually the default while singing at conversation level takes skill and practice. Clive James called it hiding the effort.
I love the Bennet Version, but really different feelings. I think this one may be my favorite more upbeat version while the Bennets is my all favorite.
Fred Astaire is well known for his dancing but he was also a fantastic singer. His tender and sincere renditions of so many classics are so touching to watch all these years later.
Well, most of the songs that Astaire sang were arranged and made to suit his very limited singing range. In spite of that, he made the best of it and created many all time classics like this one.
@@incog99skd11 range isn't everything though. He's still a fantastic singer. All that really matters (imo) is that you sound good, and Fred Astaire sounded wonderful.
He was also an extraordinary actor. He had the whole package and he was just irreplaceable. If you want to get really depressed, watch "On The Beach". He was so good in that. The entire cast was.
I love this version so much- especially when he sings it while she’s in casual clothing and is in the middle of washing her hair. He doesn’t sing it when she’s in a gown and is dressed up. He sings it when she’s dressed down which makes the meaning of the song so raw and heartfelt. Astaire’s version brings out the feelings in it, not just singing the song for the sake of it.
He doesn't know she's 'dressed down'. If you get the opportunity, you should watch the movie. You'll understand it better and it won't diminish your enjoyment.
As beautifully as Mr. Astaire sings this song (I love his vocals as well as his dancing), attention should be paid to its makers: Jerome Kern (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics).
@@lmalino695 I do recommend watching the movie. And every Fred astair and ginger rogers movie. They're my absolute favourite if you can get your hands on them!
I have mix feelings about the script. I would have liked to have seen a dance version in tails and gowns. Still, I'm happy to see this film clip again and again.
I'm 70. I was lucky enough to grow up on Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movies. Back then, in the 60's & 70's, the U.S.A. had it's problems but we could always look at movies like these to remind us of simpler, better things. This movie came out in 1936. A year later, in 1937, Fred Astaire sang "They Can't Take That Away From Me", another great song.
It wasn't easy at all. If you ask his dance partners, he was one of the hardest working dancers in Hollywood and almost wore out their feet (blood is mentioned) getting a dance routine right.
The song's lyricist , Dorothy Fields said that, the first time its composer, Jerome Kern played the tune to her, she found it so beautiful that she left the room and cried. Surely one of the best songs ever written !
How wonderful the lovely Ginger isn't in a ball gown but fresh out of the shower, hair treatment, cold creme. They had a sense of humor in the 30's. The most beautiful love song, a Mozartian melody, comes down to earth in a marvelous way.😂❤
No doubt. A simple melody with Mozartean innocence but Kern's marvelous tweaks and Dorothy's sublime lyric wavering between extradinaire and commonplace. That inner tension makes The Way You Look Tonight immortal.
As a "doowop" fan, I loved this song by the Jaguars, 1956. It was special to me and my girl. She passed away this year at 71. Finding this 1936 rendition is priceless. Thank you for posting. Please excuse the tears.
2021 here. March 10😊. I just found out my 2 and a half years old nephew sang this song . Apparently it's my sister's lullaby for him . I'm so teary with joy, he can sing this song in his baby talk words 😊😊❤❤❤
This has always been my favorite song. I used to sing in night clubs around St. Louis way back in the early fifties with a piano player. You'd think a singer would be delighted being told that he sounded like Bing, but I liked it better when they said I sounded like Fred. Those were the days!
Those were the days! We will never see or hear the likes of so many talented people and brilliant, beautiful songs again and I was born in the fifties!
They asked Irving Berlin who was. his favorite singer of his songs. He replied Fread Astaire. When asked why that was, his answer was simple- “He sings ‘em the way I wrote ‘em.”
I know it's a little thing, but it drives me mad that so many people tend to attribute this song to Frank Sinatra. Sinatra recorded it in 1964, nearly thirty years after this film, but I hear so many people referring to his cover as the original. I suppose it isn't a bad cover, but I like this one so much more; the simplicity of it, you know? Such beautiful words don't require such grand bands and halting delivery. Fred, man. He just sings it, beautifully and full of heart, with no embellishments or grandeur. He let's Kern's melody progress naturally, and Fields' lyrics are so clear! It was his simple, emotional delivery that helped get this fantastic tune its Oscar. I know Sinatra's version gave this old standard new life, but really, I wish more people listened to Fred's.
Sinatra's covers always seem to get the most air play and recognition. Not many people know that the original singer for "New York, New York" was Liza Minnelli. Her pals, John Kander and Fred Ebb, wrote it specifically for her for her film of the same name (co-starring Robert DeNiro). Frank later covered it, and it's the version that became the standard. BTW: Did Frank ever sing anything original? Most of his famous songs seem to be covers (e.g "The Lady is a Tramp" is from the Broadway musical BABES IN ARMS) or English versions of foreign hits (e.g. "My Way" is based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" with English lyrics by Paul Anka).
Marvin Melhorn Poor Liza. They play her version at Yankee Stadium when the home team loses, and they play Frank's when they win. Frank did mostly covers, but they were pretty damn good covers. He paved the way for Linda Ronstadt!
He did a nice job acting and singing - communicating the tender meaning of this song perfectly and with a nice sounding voice. He was more than just a magnificent dancer. He was a marvelous entertainer.
Fred has the most emotional version of this song. I like The Letterman and Sinatra's versions well enough. But Fred takes it to a whole new level. Makes me feel like he actually loves Ginger/Penny.
Thank you Antonio. I understand that this most romantic of songs won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1936 which it so richly deserved. The beauty and sophistication of the melody and the lyrics is so "Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields". This was in the middle of the Depression and I can see in my mind's eye people going into a dark movie theatre and for a little while, being able to forget that they had no money and certainly not the beautiful clothes that the stars wore in the movies. There was implied sexiness but certainly not the sex upon first meeting which movies now think that people want to see. A man would have not dared to be so bold to even mildly suggest it at that time but then a woman would not have been insulted if he didn't try. Does anyone else feel that they were born in the wrong decade if not in the wrong century?
My mom would sing this to me nearly every night when I was a little kid. Even though I was born in the early 2000s, this song is very nostalgic for me.
+jeffrey Phillips And women dressed beautifully to shampoo their hair. Were you to start dressing beautifully and sporting hats, you might revive the mode.
I was in high school in the mid-1960s, and The Lettermen had recorded this song in 1961. It is such a fond memory of my high school. It was a beautiful slow dance song. The teenagers of today don’t know what they’re missing with slow dancing to tunes like this.
1936. Depression. Songs and stories were to give people hope. Those who still had them wore a suit everyday despite the hardship. 30s and 40s, movies were high class and about high class people; today its low class movies about low class people. I want our class back, back to that time society was more polite and respectable compared to now in 2020 with hate, divisions and the world burning down.
Society was more formal. It was not polite or respectable here or in other countries in any meaningful way. The 1930s were a decade of fascism, war and continued systematic repression of minorities, indigenous peoples, and women. There are nice song and dance routines from that time that are nice, but we should not mistake that for a polite society.
Cvcoconuts. Apparently you are not very educated....free public education was available way before FDR's tenure as President. Will not respond to any of your future dumb comments. Have other priorities. Suggest you get a life and perhaps self educate yourself about FDR...he created the WPA and the CCC. AND social security! PS i am not addicted to my cell phone...prefer in person conversations...have fun you all!
Astaire, Rogers, Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. Timeless talent that will be delighting us all for many years, perhaps even centuries. Thank you for uploading this treasure.
The magic of this scene and music is still there - reading so many comments touched my heart almost as much as the song. Proving that all of us love pure, simple moments like this.
I read/hear how Ginger chafed under the stereotype that she was always mentioned in the same breath with Astaire. As you pointed out, she WAS a great actress, and got to display that in a couple of non-musical films she did without Mr. Astaire. She never got her due.
One of the loveliest entries in The Great American Songbook, and a timeless example of poetry set to music. Written by Dorothy Fields (lyrics) and Jerome Kern (music) for the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers RKO film "Swing Time", it won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Said Fields, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful." Indeed.
Dear A.J. We all have to do everything we can to keep this gorgeous music alive. If you can sing and have a pianist, volunteer to sing these Great American Songbook masterpieces at retirement homes. I do and you have never seen such grateful audiences in your life as the residents there. Hopefully, after the corona virus, the residents can sing with us again throughout this wonderful country.
It really doesn't get any better than that... a beautiful song beautifully sung by Fred to gorgeous Ginger... romance is out there if you look hard enough 👉☺️
Someday When I'm awfully low When the world is cold I will feel a glow just thinking of you And the way you look tonight Yes you're lovely With your smile so warm And your cheeks so soft There is nothing for me but to love you And the way you look tonight With each word your tenderness grows Tearing my fear apart And that laugh Wrinkles your nose Touches my foolish heart Lovely Never ever change Keep that breathless charm Won't you please arrange it Cause I love you Just the way you look tonight And that laugh That wrinkles your nose It touches my foolish heart Lovely Don't you ever change Keep that breathless charm Won't you please arrange it Cause I love you Just the way you look tonight Hmm Hmm Just the way you look tonight
My father used to sing this song with a similar voice in the 1950s when I was about 8 years old. I have been a romantic sucker ever since. And glad of it.
"Fred Astaire is the best singer of songs the movie world ever knew. His phrasing has individual sophistication that is utterly charming. Presumably the runner-up would be Bing Crosby, a wonderful fellow, though he doesn't have the unstressed elegance of Astaire." --- Oscar Levant Question: What great singers of the past do you wish had sung your music? Stephen Sondheim: Nobody really. Well, actually, Fred Astaire. "As a dancer he stands alone, and no singer knows his way around a song like Fred Astaire." --- Irving Berlin "He has a remarkable ear for intonation, a great sense of rhythm and what is most important, he has great style - style in my way of thinking is a matter of delivery, phrasing, pace, emphasis, and most of all presence." --- Bing Crosby "Astaire can't do anything badly." --- Jerome Kern
Adele closed her career with a triumphant performance in The Band Wagon ... She then married the Duke of Devonshire's second son and retired to Lismore Castle, leaving a gap that can never be filled. Fred struggled on without her for a while, but finally threw his hand in and disappeared. There is a rumour that he turned up in Hollywood. It was the best the poor chap could hope for after losing his brilliant sister. - P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton
I once saw a clip of Fred Astaire rapidly and accurately hitting a line of golf balls with a mid-range iron. This guy was as coordinated as a human being could be. Even his singing of songs was so very memorable. A total talent, no doubt!
"Someday when I'm awfully low when the world is cold I will feel a glow just thinking of you and the way you look tonight" Romance when it meant something.
Dracopticon romance can always mean something, just depends on who's in it. don't just dismiss romance as dead just because the style's changed. and if you're salty that no one will romance you like this, then get over it. times change.
This song gives me such hope. 2020 has been a terrible year. This was written in the midst of the Great Depression and things eventually improved and we have this beautiful song. Im sure things will get better. God bless to all those lost and to those grieving them.
I explained this in court to a federal judge interpreting a statute many years ago. I encouraged him to follow Fred’s example and just sing it the way they wrote. It. He wasn’t real amused.
He couldn’t sing but it didn’t matter he was pure magic just watching him dance. Made you forget everything else as for his dance partners I couldn’t choose between them they were all beautiful and graceful .when ever I’m feeling down I just watch Fred and his amazing danceing.
What a delightful ambiguous and humorous scene. Nicely evoked balance of what he wants, what she wants, but what he gets... He's singing his heart out and we're cracking up because of the unsaid, just the camera work does it all for us!! 🖤😊😀😂🤣❤
One of four super hits by Jerome Kern in 'Swing Time' - an Oscar winning all time top musical. Fred and Ginger ---superlative talent well above anything now.
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Wow guys, I never thought this many people would want to see this. There was a similair version of this video here on youtube but for some reason one day it just vanished so I uploaded this one. I'm glad you all like it this much :)
I am very grateful for uploading this nice video .
Are you kidding? It's Fred Astaire!!~~
His dance and voice make me fall in Love!!
Believe it or not, my wife and I used this as our wedding song.
Its lovely, thank you!
***** Oh but this is one of the most romantic songs I've just about ever heard. I absolutely adore it!
Did you notice how Fred sat down at the piano. Smooth in every move he ever made.
Fred was an excellent pianist, as well as a drummer. I think it was “Follow the Fleet” that featured him in a piano solo.
So true, you are right on. No jumping up & down, no screaming antics, noisy props. Simply one person with a heap of talent & his performance shows that doesn't it.. Peggy Wood
I remember so well singing this softly to my mum as she slipped into a coma & passed away. It was her favourite song because she said my dad sang it to her when he asked her to marry him . I never knew my dad, he died when I was 4 months old . Many cover versions have been done, but this, the original is totally the best . I miss you so much mum Peggy Wood (Aotearoa)
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@@genevievel5309 Thank you so much with appreciation... Peggy
Wonderful. It’s a beautiful song. Listen to Tony Bennet sing it. SO seductive.
@@martinphilip8998 Yes I did (listen) & it is good, however the original is the Bestest
It was a great connection
America used to be so classy. It's so good to see these glimpses into this Era. Thanks so much for posting these great clips
They don’t write them like that anymore. In 200 years this song will still be relevant. Beautiful!
I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
So very true.
Jerome Kern music, Dorothy Fields lyrics. Two masters.
@@ackgeezer9754 Absolutely. And this exquisite number won them a Best Song Oscar--the first of two for Jerome Kern, and the first (and sadly, only) for Dorothy Fields, who was the first woman so honored. (She was also the only woman, period, until 1968, when the Best Song award went to Marilyn Bergman, together with Alan Bergman and Michel Legrand, for "The Windmills of Your Mind.")
Of all the versions I've heard thus far, this is my favorite. I like Fred's style of singing. His dancing overshadowed his voice which, in my view, was underrated.
I once read somewhere that George Gershwin really loved Fred Astaire's singing, too, which is a pretty solid endorsement.
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Hollywood stars used to sing great words and music without trying to show-off vocal chords. It was called "honesty"--an actor's best friend.
the reason why today’s movie musicals will never compare to the old ones is because the singing seems very artificial. fred was obviously dubbing himself here but like you said it’s honest. even with better technology today it seems like movie producers, sound mixers or whatever forgot how to make a good musical
Totally, I honestly think Fred has a beautiful voice. He didn't try to be an amazing singer, he just sang, but it was the simple, wholesome way he sang the lyrics to everything, especially this song.
Actually, it's called crooning and it, too, required skilled vocal technique. Singing with volume is actually the default while singing at conversation level takes skill and practice. Clive James called it hiding the effort.
You look up the word "gentleman" in the dictionary and Fred Astaire will be staring back at you.
so true :)
Nicely worded!
No, that's the one page of the dictionary that dances back.
Wow i just checked and its true.
You sadly can’t be a gentlemen these days without being targeted as a “toxic masculine”
The musicals that Fred and Ginger made together are among the greatest musicals ever made by Hollywood.
Happy Heavenly 125th Birthday Fred Astaire May 10 1899 - June 22 1987
This is the definitive version of this song. No one sang it so straight and yet with such sincerity.
I like Doris Days version.
I love the Bennet Version, but really different feelings. I think this one may be my favorite more upbeat version while the Bennets is my all favorite.
I can't pick between Fred's version and Edward Woodward's. Yes, _that_ Edward Woodward, The Equaliser, Whicker Man, etc.
I also like Peggy Lee's version, with Benny Goodman, different.
I have to agree. It's a matter of personal preference, and my vote goes to Fred.
Fred Astaire is well known for his dancing but he was also a fantastic singer. His tender and sincere renditions of so many classics are so touching to watch all these years later.
Well, most of the songs that Astaire sang were arranged and made to suit his very limited singing range. In spite of that, he made the best of it and created many all time classics like this one.
@@incog99skd11 range isn't everything though. He's still a fantastic singer. All that really matters (imo) is that you sound good, and Fred Astaire sounded wonderful.
He was also an extraordinary actor. He had the whole package and he was just irreplaceable. If you want to get really depressed, watch "On The Beach". He was so good in that. The entire cast was.
One of the most underrated voices in film. I suppose, because he was best known as a hoofer.
@@wnyduchess Hear! Hear!
There's will never again be someone like Fred Astaire
I love this version so much- especially when he sings it while she’s in casual clothing and is in the middle of washing her hair. He doesn’t sing it when she’s in a gown and is dressed up. He sings it when she’s dressed down which makes the meaning of the song so raw and heartfelt. Astaire’s version brings out the feelings in it, not just singing the song for the sake of it.
He doesn't know she's 'dressed down'. If you get the opportunity, you should watch the movie. You'll understand it better and it won't diminish your enjoyment.
As beautifully as Mr. Astaire sings this song (I love his vocals as well as his dancing), attention should be paid to its makers: Jerome Kern (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics).
@@lmalino695 I do recommend watching the movie. And every Fred astair and ginger rogers movie. They're my absolute favourite if you can get your hands on them!
I have mix feelings about the script. I would have liked to have seen a dance version in tails and gowns. Still, I'm happy to see this film clip again and again.
@@janmrz99 that's true, they could have done it towards the end or even as the ending scene. It's 90 years too late though 😅
This is pretty much a perfect scene. Tight dialogue and not a wasted movement by Fred. Every step has purpose…nothing is wasted.
"Keep that breathless charm".
I love that line.
I'm 70. I was lucky enough to grow up on Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers movies. Back then, in the 60's & 70's, the U.S.A. had it's problems but we could always look at movies like these to remind us of simpler, better things. This movie came out in 1936. A year later, in 1937, Fred Astaire sang "They Can't Take That Away From Me", another great song.
Fred Astaire made everything look so easy. What an amazing performer.
It wasn't easy at all. If you ask his dance partners, he was one of the hardest working dancers in Hollywood and almost wore out their feet (blood is mentioned) getting a dance routine right.
Almost 100 years ago and the song is still so popular and relevant. Fred's talent will live forever.
He sang with the same delicacy and attention to detail as his dances. Just love his voice, his singing.
Just listened to Sinatra, Buble and several others but none of them can hold a candle to this original version
you got that right
I know! I saw the movie and fell in love with this version!
critics say Astaire is the ultimate singer of his own songs
Darn tootin'.
Except for mouse rat
Astaire gets to me the way so few singers do. The decency of the man shows through in all he did.
There was something about the singers of that era. Al Bowley was another, they seem to be serving the song, not making it serve them.
The song's lyricist , Dorothy Fields said that, the first time its composer, Jerome Kern played the tune to her, she found it so beautiful that she left the room and cried. Surely one of the best songs ever written !
Swing Time is my favorite film of their partnership, and a lot of that is because of Kern's music.
The end of the song gets me every time
I adore Fred but I also love the version by Peter Skellern. A song so timeless and achingly beautiful.
How wonderful the lovely Ginger isn't in a ball
gown but fresh out of the shower, hair treatment, cold creme. They had a sense of humor in the 30's. The most beautiful love song, a Mozartian melody, comes down to earth in a marvelous way.😂❤
No doubt. A simple melody with Mozartean innocence but Kern's marvelous tweaks and Dorothy's sublime lyric wavering between extradinaire and commonplace. That inner tension makes The Way You Look Tonight immortal.
Who came here in 2020 just because this is an immortal movie song???
Meeeeee!
2021 baby!
2021
As a "doowop" fan, I loved this song by the Jaguars, 1956. It was special to me and my girl. She passed away this year at 71. Finding this 1936 rendition is priceless. Thank you for posting. Please excuse the tears.
❤ sorry for your loss
I'm still married after 50+ years. Your story and this song brings tears to my eyes.
2021 here. March 10😊. I just found out my 2 and a half years old nephew sang this song . Apparently it's my sister's lullaby for him . I'm so teary with joy, he can sing this song in his baby talk words 😊😊❤❤❤
Fred has that 1920s sound in this clip. Best dancer in Hollywood history.
This has always been my favorite song. I used to sing in night clubs around St. Louis way back in the early fifties with a piano player. You'd think a singer would be delighted being told that he sounded like Bing, but I liked it better when they said I sounded like Fred. Those were the days!
I wish you would make a video for us to see. 🙏
Those were the days! We will never see or hear the likes of so many talented people and brilliant, beautiful songs again and I was born in the fifties!
My Dad was a singer like you and he liked Astaire better than Bing. His all time favorites were Tony Bennett and The Mills Brothers.
They asked Irving Berlin who was. his favorite singer of his songs. He replied Fread Astaire. When asked why that was, his answer was simple- “He sings ‘em the way I wrote ‘em.”
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johnnybeanz1 So well said!🌟
Fred Astaire introduced an astonishing amount of classics of the Great American Songbook
So much decency, class and beauty and wholesomeness. Quality that are so rare to be found these days.
"I LOVE THE WAY YOU LOOK EVERY NIGHT, CHANDLER !" *In Janice's voice*
omg yaaaaas
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zhubox03 that brought me here lol
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zhubox03 LOL
I know it's a little thing, but it drives me mad that so many people tend to attribute this song to Frank Sinatra.
Sinatra recorded it in 1964, nearly thirty years after this film, but I hear so many people referring to his cover as the original. I suppose it isn't a bad cover, but I like this one so much more; the simplicity of it, you know? Such beautiful words don't require such grand bands and halting delivery.
Fred, man. He just sings it, beautifully and full of heart, with no embellishments or grandeur. He let's Kern's melody progress naturally, and Fields' lyrics are so clear! It was his simple, emotional delivery that helped get this fantastic tune its Oscar.
I know Sinatra's version gave this old standard new life, but really, I wish more people listened to Fred's.
Frank Sinatra tends to be associated with every song ever written, including the ones he never performed. We'll always know though!
Sinatra's covers always seem to get the most air play and recognition. Not many people know that the original singer for "New York, New York" was Liza Minnelli. Her pals, John Kander and Fred Ebb, wrote it specifically for her for her film of the same name (co-starring Robert DeNiro). Frank later covered it, and it's the version that became the standard.
BTW: Did Frank ever sing anything original? Most of his famous songs seem to be covers (e.g "The Lady is a Tramp" is from the Broadway musical BABES IN ARMS) or English versions of foreign hits (e.g. "My Way" is based on the French song "Comme d'habitude" with English lyrics by Paul Anka).
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Poor Liza. They play her version at Yankee Stadium when the home team loses, and they play Frank's when they win.
Frank did mostly covers, but they were pretty damn good covers. He paved the way for Linda Ronstadt!
"Somethings Gotta Give" is another one. First sang by Fred in Daddy Long Legs, but it's most known as a Bing Crosby standard.
Frank Sinatra associated with Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" ? NO WAY!
One of the sweetest songs sung in the sweetest manner.
Cheek to cheek will make you drool.
Truly a triple threat! Known for his dancing, his acting and singing were effortless. He could do it all!
And play the piano. He could play even though the way this was filmed doesn’t look like it. Just watch Roberta.
his only peer was Gene Kelly
@@MareShoop He was an amazing drummer as well.
@@DSAK55 Although the two had very different styles and attitudes, each reigned supreme in his own field.
He did a nice job acting and singing - communicating the tender meaning of this song perfectly and with a nice sounding voice. He was more than just a magnificent dancer. He was a marvelous entertainer.
Now THAT'S how you do romance! 😍😍❤❤
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are really magical together!
For a guy they said COULDN'T SING he did a PRETTY DAMN GOOD job of it !
They also said ‘dances a little’.
@@renavaleh576 TRUE !
Fred Astaire makes everything sounds like it's out of this world.
Oh to live at a time when a person could sing a song like that without a blush, a wink at the camera, or a hint of irony.
This is sheer magic. One of the great prewar songs (Jerome Kern, lyricc Dorothy Fields). Just Magic.
Fred has the most emotional version of this song. I like The Letterman and Sinatra's versions well enough. But Fred takes it to a whole new level. Makes me feel like he actually loves Ginger/Penny.
That's Fred for ya.... He isn't really a singer....but you just got to love him anyway; noone does these songs better ....!
Dorothy Fields who wrote the lyrics said she cried when she heard the song sung
Fred is mult talented. and yes, he does. those other versions can't touch him :)
he sings in every movie as they're musicals :)
He certainly drives a nail through her heart. In the bathroom, in the mirror, she timelessly focuses the scene.
Thank you Antonio. I understand that this most romantic of songs won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1936 which it so richly deserved. The beauty and sophistication of the melody and the lyrics is so "Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields". This was in the middle of the Depression and I can see in my mind's eye people going into a dark movie theatre and for a little while, being able to forget that they had no money and certainly not the beautiful clothes that the stars wore in the movies. There was implied sexiness but certainly not the sex upon first meeting which movies now think that people want to see. A man would have not dared to be so bold to even mildly suggest it at that time but then a woman would not have been insulted if he didn't try. Does anyone else feel that they were born in the wrong decade if not in the wrong century?
My mom would sing this to me nearly every night when I was a little kid. Even though I was born in the early 2000s, this song is very nostalgic for me.
No-one could do this sort of scene better than Fred.
back when men dressed beautifully and wore hats,, I wish this were so , now..
+jeffrey Phillips And women dressed beautifully to shampoo their hair. Were you to start dressing beautifully and sporting hats, you might revive the mode.
jeffrey Phillips agreed
ebonics4everyone Fuck woddy wilson, we wouldn't have been in WW1 in the first place if it weren't for his ego.
People wear caps, beanies etc . But not the same as hats
Society follows celebrities if *one* celebrity started dressing like this, others would follow.
Wasn’t he just the gentleman.. I met him in Vermont shortly after his sister passed away and still he was composed as a true gentleman always is!
You lucky lady! To have met Astaire...wow.
What a privilege! I bumped into Gene Kelly in a New York deli at 2am in the 1980s. He was a joy.
I was in high school in the mid-1960s, and The Lettermen had recorded this song in 1961. It is such a fond memory of my high school. It was a beautiful slow dance song. The teenagers of today don’t know what they’re missing with slow dancing to tunes like this.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Masterpiece! Unbelievably charming! Fred was a great actor, dancer, singer and musician. He always amazes me... such talent...❤
1936. Depression. Songs and stories were to give people hope. Those who still had them wore a suit everyday despite the hardship. 30s and 40s, movies were high class and about high class people; today its low class movies about low class people. I want our class back, back to that time society was more polite and respectable compared to now in 2020 with hate, divisions and the world burning down.
Yes we need FDR and Eleanor now !
Society was more formal. It was not polite or respectable here or in other countries in any meaningful way. The 1930s were a decade of fascism, war and continued systematic repression of minorities, indigenous peoples, and women. There are nice song and dance routines from that time that are nice, but we should not mistake that for a polite society.
Watching old music and start comparing but you've missed the racism and war back then haha.
Cvcoconuts. Apparently you are not very educated....free public education was available way before FDR's tenure as President. Will not respond to any of your future dumb comments. Have other priorities. Suggest you get a life and perhaps self educate yourself about FDR...he created the WPA and the CCC. AND social security! PS i am not addicted to my cell phone...prefer in person conversations...have fun you all!
Yep! You said it Mister! 😢
Astaire, Rogers, Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. Timeless talent that will be delighting us all for many years, perhaps even centuries. Thank you for uploading this treasure.
Eddie Nelson too
Hey Donna ..Is that Eddie Nelson who co/wrote "oh Mother I'm Wild'? Great.@@donnakotovich1984
Dorothy Fields wrote with some great composers: her lyrics come a close second to those of Lorenz Hart IMHO.
The magic of this scene and music is still there - reading so many comments touched my heart almost as much as the song. Proving that all of us love pure, simple moments like this.
there are still many who like melodic songs with clever, interesting lyrics.
@@paulmitchell359 Especially when the melody was supplied by Jerome Kern and the lyrics by Dorothy Fields!
I love Ginger's subtle facial responses. A great actress. Such subtlety I miss in today's culture.
I read/hear how Ginger chafed under the stereotype that she was always mentioned in the same breath with Astaire. As you pointed out, she WAS a great actress, and got to display that in a couple of non-musical films she did without Mr. Astaire. She never got her due.
Lots of great singers have covered this, but it will always be Fred Astaire's song to me.
A LEGENDARY MOMENT IN MUSIC HISTORY.
One of the loveliest entries in The Great American Songbook, and a timeless example of poetry set to music. Written by Dorothy Fields (lyrics) and Jerome Kern (music) for the Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers RKO film "Swing Time", it won the 1936 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Said Fields, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful." Indeed.
Dear A.J. We all have to do everything we can to keep this gorgeous music alive. If you can sing and have a pianist, volunteer to sing these Great American Songbook masterpieces at retirement homes. I do and you have never seen such grateful audiences in your life as the residents there. Hopefully, after the corona virus, the residents can sing with us again throughout this wonderful country.
They are so funny together. Not just great dancers - they are great actors.
Mr. Fred Astaire, one of the greatest entertainers of all time!!! And that just might be an understatement! ☮️🖖🏽
Just sent it to the my most beautiful granddaughter !
It really doesn't get any better than that... a beautiful song beautifully sung by Fred to gorgeous Ginger... romance is out there if you look hard enough 👉☺️
Fred Astaire could certainly sell a song! So moving, it makes me smile and cry.
Someday
When I'm awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight
Yes you're lovely
With your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft
There is nothing for me but to love you
And the way you look tonight
With each word your tenderness grows
Tearing my fear apart
And that laugh
Wrinkles your nose
Touches my foolish heart
Lovely
Never ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it
Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
And that laugh
That wrinkles your nose
It touches my foolish heart
Lovely
Don't you ever change
Keep that breathless charm
Won't you please arrange it
Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight
Hmm
Hmm
Just the way you look tonight
Divine
Whoops! You got the lyrics wrong.
That's the frank sinatra lyrics.
Beautiful song sung by a charming gentleman. Amazing voice 🥰 I sure love the lifestyle and music back in olden golden days 🥰🥰🥰
What a great singer Fred was..
My father used to sing this song with a similar voice in the 1950s when I was about 8 years old.
I have been a romantic sucker ever since. And glad of it.
I am exactly the same💙💙💙💙
This is marvelous....why did Hollywood leave this wonderful era of the 1930's? relaxing and enjoyable ........
1936 and still going strong WOW
+Peter Madden. Ars longa.
aren't you glad Astaire will outlive Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber? brings a smile to my face.
well, what did you expect from talent and class .... too sad it's not like that today :(
totally estatic!!!!
horsluva0758 Yah thats why I teach other people to love old songs
"Fred Astaire is the best singer of songs the movie world ever knew. His phrasing has individual sophistication that is utterly charming. Presumably the runner-up would be Bing Crosby, a wonderful fellow, though he doesn't have the unstressed elegance of Astaire."
--- Oscar Levant
Question: What great singers of the past do you wish had sung your music?
Stephen Sondheim: Nobody really. Well, actually, Fred Astaire.
"As a dancer he stands alone, and no singer knows his way around a song like Fred Astaire."
--- Irving Berlin
"He has a remarkable ear for intonation, a great sense of rhythm and what is most important, he has great style - style in my way of thinking is a matter of delivery, phrasing, pace, emphasis, and most of all presence."
--- Bing Crosby
"Astaire can't do anything badly."
--- Jerome Kern
Didn't he work with Don McLean at some point? Or maybe I'm misremembering.
Adele closed her career with a triumphant performance in The Band Wagon ... She then married the Duke of Devonshire's second son and retired to Lismore Castle, leaving a gap that can never be filled. Fred struggled on without her for a while, but finally threw his hand in and disappeared. There is a rumour that he turned up in Hollywood. It was the best the poor chap could hope for after losing his brilliant sister.
- P. G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton
Thankyou for all those quotes. He was very talented, very special indeed 🙏🎶🎶💖
Concordo plenamente !!!
I once saw a clip of Fred Astaire rapidly and accurately hitting a line of golf balls with a mid-range iron. This guy was as coordinated as a human being could be. Even his singing of songs was so very memorable. A total talent, no doubt!
This is magical music...wonderful!
that was beautiful and hilarious. not a word spoken to convey she didn't finish her hair
I always loved Fred since I was a child and watched his movies. The way he danced, such as this singing, and romantic movies.
He is so beautiful, look at his lashes and his smile... He looks REALLLLYYY in love and you can sense his love in his tone. THIS IS WHAT I CALL LOVE
These old filmswere so elegant and beautiful. Nowadays most of the films are unwatchable
Love these old films!!!!
this version seems so heart felt, that it often brings a tear to my eye.
"Someday when I'm awfully low
when the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
and the way you look tonight"
Romance when it meant something.
Dracopticon romance can always mean something, just depends on who's in it. don't just dismiss romance as dead just because the style's changed. and if you're salty that no one will romance you like this, then get over it. times change.
I Liked your comment many times.
This song gives me such hope. 2020 has been a terrible year. This was written in the midst of the Great Depression and things eventually improved and we have this beautiful song. Im sure things will get better. God bless to all those lost and to those grieving them.
I've heard it said that song writers were always pleased to have Fred introduce their songs as he always performed them straight, as written.
Rich Howard That he did, they needed nothing else!🌟
I explained this in court to a federal judge interpreting a statute many years ago. I encouraged him to follow Fred’s example and just sing it the way they wrote. It. He wasn’t real amused.
What a fantastic song and performance from Fred Astaire! One of the
greatest romantic songs...and I love this scene from the movie!
What a wonderful song and great clip. I cannot figure out why anyone would give it a thumbs down.
"they" have cold heart/tone dead!
No one beats Fred and Ginger!!
He couldn’t sing but it didn’t matter he was pure magic just watching him dance. Made you forget everything else as for his dance partners I couldn’t choose between them they were all beautiful and graceful .when ever I’m feeling down I just watch Fred and his amazing danceing.
I have always loved this song. And while Fred never had, a strong voice it’s almost perfect for this song, that should not be over sung.
Fred, my favourite performer of this timeless great song..who on earth dislikes this?
Great......I do like these two. It' hard to believe this film is 80 years old
ruth bashford what's the title of this film?
Swing Time, 1936
What a delightful ambiguous and humorous scene. Nicely evoked balance of what he wants, what she wants, but what he gets... He's singing his heart out and we're cracking up because of the unsaid, just the camera work does it all for us!!
🖤😊😀😂🤣❤
I love this guy when ever I listen to his music and songs I just feel like I’m living the old days
And Crosby
He sure knew how to sing a love song. Some of the sweetest songs ever. I love Fred Astaire♥
Kelly McDonald hello 👋
How are you doing
Back when everything was beautiful and sweet. I wish all arguments could be settled like this.
me 2 :)
Until you remember that in the real world, many, if not most, arguments between a man and a woman in this time period were settled with a backhand.
lmao
Now it's all real housewives of ..... something lol
Zorp do you really think that?
A lovely old song expressed beautifully by Astaire
One of four super hits by Jerome Kern in 'Swing Time' - an Oscar winning all time top musical. Fred and Ginger ---superlative talent well above anything now.
A classic from long ago. That time is gone as are my parents but this song remains.
I wish people still had this kind of charm. I would have fallen for Fred so hard.
Miss watching these movies and listen to the music
Smooth, cool and he can sing and dance 🕺
Nothing compares to Fred Astaire singing this song, so lovely!
Dorothy Fields wrote for over 30 years of standards/show tunes. She was remarkable.
Fred was class personified. So many men of his generation really wanted to be him.
My father saw Fred Astaire as a role model in a sense. To him, Astaire was the perfect gentleman: elegant and polite.