Sings

Fred Astaire | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 17, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Special Products
• ASIN: B000008A8I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #383,243 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Change Partners

2. Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain?)

3. A Foggy Day

4. Afterbeat

5. They Can't Take That Away From Me

6. They All Laughed

7. I'll Walk Alone

8. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)

9. Lady Of The Evening

10. Something's Gotta Give

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get in step with Fred!, June 29, 1999

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Mark Savary "moon_city" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sings (Audio CD)

This is an excellent collection of Fred's tunes. Although he was known more for his dancing than singing, he could do both very well.

I only give this CD four stars because the CD is not the best ever made, and the recordings may irk the serious audiophile.

But I like the tunes, and Fred delivers. To me, the imperfect sound quality adds to the flavor. And it is not BAD, scratchy, hissy, or annoying, just not preemo processing.

This CD is a real bargain!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Jazz Music's Greatest Stars -- Fred Astaire!, November 15, 2000

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Formidable Opponent (Santa Clara, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sings (Audio CD)

"Fred Astaire Sings" is one of the better jazz albums out there that feature the underrated vocal talents of Fred Astaire, the world's greatest song-and-dance man. Of course, Mr. A's primarily known for the dancing, but don't forget, our boy sang, too! And he was very, very good. It's true all the great songwriters of yesteryear (Berlin, Gershwin, and Porter to name a few) wanted to write songs especially for him. "Fred Astaire Sings" features some of those songs ("Change Partners" from Carefree, "Isn't This a Lovely Day" from Top Hat, and "One for My Baby" from The Sky's the Limit).

This album was made during the later years of Mr. A's career, and it's remarkable to point out how well Astaire's singing developed and improved as the years progressed. A couple of treats on this CD: Mercer's "Something's Gotta Give" from Daddy Long Legs and "The Afterbeat" written by Mr. A himself.