Fascinating Rhythm

Fascinating Rhythm

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composer = George Gershwin
lyricist = Ira Gershwin
published = 1924
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language = English
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original_artist = Cliff Edwards
Fred Astaire
Adele Astaire
recorded_by = Many artists; see #Recorded versions
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"Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical "Lady Be Good."cite book
last = Billman
first = Larry
title = Fred Astaire - A Bio-bibliography
publisher = Greenwood Press
date = 1997
location = Connecticut
pages = pp.57,235
id = ISBN 0-313-29010-5 ] The Astaires also recorded the song on April 19, 1926 in London with George Gershwin on the piano (English Columbia 3968 or 8969).

A large number of recorded versions exist. One of the rarest recordings is one by Joe Bari (a pseudonym of Anthony Dominick Benedetto, later better known as Tony Bennett) for Leslie Records in 1949 and issued as catalog number 919 with "Vieni Qui" as the flip side.

Recorded versions

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*Maxene Andrews
*Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire
*Fred Astaire
*Tony Bennett (1949, as Joe Bari)
*Georgia Brown,
*The Carpenters
*Petula Clark
*Rosemary Clooney
*Xavier Cugat
*Jamie Cullum
*Vic Damone
*Tommy Dorsey
*Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards
*Les Elgart
*Percy Faith
*Michael Feinstein
*Ella Fitzgerald
*Wayne Fontana
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*The Four Tops
*Judy Garland
*George Gershwin
*Jack Gibbons
*Benny Goodman
*Stephane Grappelli
*Vince Guaraldi Trio
*Ted Heath
*The Hi-Lo's
*Earl Hines
*Dick Hyman
*Antonio Carlos Jobim
*Salena Jones
*Stan Kenton
*Lee Konitz
*André Kostelanetz
*Cleo Laine
*Enoch Light
*Herbie Mann
*Billy May
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*Susannah McCorkle
*Maureen McGovern
*Jane Monheit and Mark O'Connor
*Red Norvo
*Virginia O'Brien
*Art Pepper
*Oscar Peterson
*John Pizzarelli
*André Previn
*Buddy Rich
*George Shearing
*Stuff Smith
*The Spinners
*Tommy Steele
*Claude Thornhill
*Mel Tormé
*Caterina Valente
*Sarah Vaughan
*Paul Whiteman

References

External links

* [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Bennett/bari/index.html Newly discovered — Tony's first single under the name of Joe Bari!]


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