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Mar.24.2012
This song was introduced by Fred Astaire, Gertrude MacDonald and Betty Compton in Funny Face at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on November 22, 1927.
In its review of Funny Face, the New Republic called this tune “the sensational event of the evening,” describing it as “An odd dark melody...
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Jan.21.2012
This song was introduced by Bobby Arnst in Rosalie at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York City on January 10, 1926. It had been written for Adele Astaire and Jack Buchanan in Funny Face but was dropped from that show.
During the Philadelphia tryout of Funny Face, a music publisher phoned...
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Sep.10.2011
This song by George and Ira Gershwin was introduced by Adele Astaire at the Lady, Be Good! tryout in Philadelphia on November 17, 1924.
It began its complicated history in April of 1924 when Gershwin entered the main idea in his musical notebook. At first he and Ira thought it might serve...
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