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Mar.04.2013
Due to the untimely passing of Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Feinstein will assume his 2013 post as Principal Conductor of the Pasadena Symphony and Pops on June 1st. With an unyielding commitment to the Great American Songbook, he has planned wonderful events for Southern...
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Aug.19.2012
This song was introduced by Walter Catlett in Lady, Be Good! At the Liberty Theatre in New York City on December 1, 1924.
Gershwin accompanied Marguerite d' Alvarez when she sang this song at the Roosevelt Hotel on December 4, 1925.
The composer's piano transcription appeared in...
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Aug.05.2012
This song, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, was introduced by Fred and Adele Astaire in Funny Face at the Alvin Theatre in New York City on November 22, 1927.
Funny Face was having a hard time of it during its Philadelphia tryout and this song was written to add life to the show. The idea for it...
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Jul.30.2012
Tony Martin was a contemporary of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, and he appeared in dozens of motion pictures during Hollywood’s studio era. He also wed Alice Faye, and had a lasting partnership with Cyd Charisse. Martin was also popular during radio’s heyday.
TONY MARTIN
After...
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Jul.04.2012
My wife Laurie and I are spending our 4th of July at a movie theater, enjoying the boffo classic documentary, That’s Entertainment. Produced by MGM in 1974, this epic feature was hosted on the backlot by Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli, James Stewart, Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra,...
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Apr.25.2012
On this day in 1995, the actress Ginger Rogers, best known for the 10 films she made with her dance partner Fred Astaire, dies at the age of 83.
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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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Mar.07.2012
This song was introduced by Fred Astaire, Jan Duggan, Mary Dean, Pearl Amatore and Betty Rome in A Damsel in Distress, a film released by RKO onNovember 19, 1937.
It is in 6/8 time and marked allegretto scherzando. The verse is in A-minor, the refrain in F.
On May 12, 1937 Gershwin wrote a...
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Jan.04.2012
I’ve written my books in various settings. The Ice Master was completed at a duplex just off busy Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, CA. Ada Blackjack was composed in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. I began Velva Jean Learns to Drive while living in a 100-year-old bungalow in Atlanta’s inner city...
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