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Gershwin standard, introduced by Astaire in the RKO musical “A Damsel In Distress,” which featured a young Joan Fontaine, George Burns, Gracie Allen, and Ray Noble. The other popular Astaire hit from the film was “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” which is also posted here.
CD audio, originally issued on 78rpm: Brunswick 7982 - A Foggy Day (Gershwin-Gershwin) by Fred Astaire with Ray Noble & his Orchestra, recorded in Los Angeles October 17, 1937
THE 1937 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1937 (some were recorded in 1936) via sales, sheet music, and radio exposure.…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. .
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The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/@the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music!
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