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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1899 and started performing in vaudeville when he was 13. He became known as a dancer, singer, and actor, though...

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Fred Astaire, the dancer who sang like he was thinking out loud

His casual precision in songs like 'Cheek to Cheek' made the singing as memorable as the dancing.

For the full picture, listen to 'Cheek to Cheek' and 'They Can't Take That Away From Me.' That's where the singing and the dancing feel like the same effortless motion.

Astaire's singing had this smooth, conversational quality that made standards feel lived-in rather than performed. In 'They Can't Take That Away From Me,' he delivers the lyrics with the same ease he brought to his footwork. That approach turned movie songs into something more personal, something that stuck with you after the dance number ended.

He started in vaudeville at 13, then moved into film where his partnership with Irving Berlin produced early signatures like 'Cheek to Cheek.' The Berlin collaboration arrived early in his film career, but it defined how people heard him, casual but precise, like someone thinking out loud while dancing.

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Fred Astaire was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1899 and started performing in vaudeville when he was 13. He became known as a dancer, singer, and actor, though the smooth delivery in songs like 'They Can't Take That Away From Me' and 'Isn't This A Lovely Day' made his singing just as memorable as his dancing.

In 1935, Astaire worked with composer Irving Berlin on the film Top Hat. Berlin wrote 'Cheek to Cheek' for him to perform in the movie, and the song became one of his signature pieces. Astaire had to handle its rapid lyrics with careful diction while keeping up with the film's choreography.

Other songs from his catalog include 'Bojangles Of Harlem,' 'Puttin' on The Ritz,' and 'Easter Parade.' The Berlin collaboration on 'Cheek to Cheek' arrived early in his film career, but it stuck as a standard partly because of how he delivered it, casual but precise, like someone thinking out loud while dancing.

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