This is a breakdown
of studio recordings Fred made that can be found on Compact Disc. This database
is created by Terry Pearson,
Bertrand Chaumelle and others of the Fred Astaire
Mailing List. This list is not exhaustive; rather, it locates for each
recording the most comprehensive source. If you obtain all the CDs below, you
will have bought the minimum number of CDs needed to obtain all of Fred's
recordings currently on CD.
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Title
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Date
(dd/mm/yy)
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Orchestra/Musicians
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Label
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CD
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Also Featuring
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The Whichness Of
The Whatness
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18/10/1923
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George W. Byng Orchestra
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HMV
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LS
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Adele
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Oh Gee! Oh Gosh!
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18/10/1923
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Hang On To Me
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19/04/1926
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George Gershwin,
piano
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English Columbia
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Fascinating Rhythm
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19/04/1926
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The Half Of It Dearie, Blues
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20/04/1926
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I’d Rather
Charleston
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20/04/1926
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Swiss Miss
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27/04/1926
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The Empire Theatre
Orchestra (Conducted by Jacques Heuvel)
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The Babbitt And
The Bromide
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26/11/1928
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Julian Jones Orchestra
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Funny Face
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26/11/1928
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High Hat
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29/11/1928
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My One And Only
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04/12/1928
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Louisiana
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05/04/1929
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Al Starita &
His Boyfriends
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Not My Girl
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05/04/1929
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Crazy Feet
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26/03/1930
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The Columbia
Studio Orchestra (Conducted by Van Phillips)
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T;CC;LS
|
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Puttin’ On The Ritz
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26/03/1930
|
LS
|
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I Love Louisa
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30/06/1931
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Leo Reisman Orchestra
|
Victor
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R;CC
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|
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New Sun In The Sky
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30/06/1931
|
CC
|
|
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New Sun In The Sky
(alternative take)
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30/06/1931
|
R
|
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White Heat
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28/09/1931
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R;CC
|
Adele
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Gems From the Bandwagon: (original cast
LP) White Heat, Sweet Music, Hoops, I Love Louisa
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05/10/1931
|
Leo Reisman Orchestra with
Arthur Schwartz, piano
|
R
|
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Hoops
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19/10/1931
|
Leo Reisman Orchestra
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R;CC
|
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I’ve Got You On My
Mind
|
22/11/1932
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Night And Day (inc
alternative take?)
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22/11/1932
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Maybe It’s Because
I Love You Too Much
|
28/02/1933
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Gold Digger’s Song
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02/05/1933
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My Temptation
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02/05/1933
|
R
|
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After You, Who? (+
rejected N&D take)
|
23/05/1933
|
Columbia Studio
Orchestra
|
English Columbia
|
CC;LS
|
|
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Night And Day
(replaced rejected
take 23/05/1933)
|
11/07/1933
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Leo Reisman Orchestra
|
LS
|
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A Heart Of Stone
|
11/07/1933
|
Victor
|
R
|
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Flying Down To Rio
|
12/12/1933
|
Columbia Studio
Orchestra
(Conducted by Van Phillips)
|
Columbia
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LS;CC
|
|
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Music Makes Me
|
12/12/1933
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Cheek To Cheek
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26/06/1935
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Leo Reisman Orchestra
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Brunswick
|
CC
|
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No Strings
|
26/06/1935
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Isn’t This A
Lovely Day?
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27/06/1935
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Johnny Green Orchestra
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Top Hat, White Tie
and Tails
|
27/06/1935
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The Piccolino
|
15/07/1935
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Leo Reisman Orchestra
|
|
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I’d Rather Lead A
Band
|
30/01/1936
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Johnny Green Orchestra
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I’m Building Up To
An Awful Letdown
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30/01/1936
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I’m Putting All My
Eggs In One Basket
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30/01/1936
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Let Yourself Go
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30/01/1936
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Let’s Face The
Music And Dance
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30/01/1936
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We Saw The Sea
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30/01/1936
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Never Gonna Dance
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26/07/1936
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Pick Yourself Up
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26/07/1936
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The Way You Look
Tonight
|
26/07/1936
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Bojangles Of
Harlem
|
28/07/1936
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A Fine Romance
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28/07/1936
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They Can’t Take
That Away From Me
|
14/03/1937
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They All Laughed
|
18/03/1937
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(I’ve Got)
Beginner’s Luck
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19/03/1937
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Let’s Call The
Whole Thing Off
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19/03/1937
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Shall We Dance
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21/03/1937
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Slap That Bass
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21/03/1937
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A Foggy Day
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17/10/1937
|
Ray Noble Orchestra
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|
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Things Are Looking
Up
|
17/10/1937
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I Can’t Be
Bothered Now
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19/10/1937
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Nice Work If You
Can Get It
|
19/10/1937
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Change Partners
|
24/03/1938
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I Used To Be
Colour Blind
|
24/03/1938
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The Yam
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26/03/1938
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The Yam Step
|
26/03/1938
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Ray Noble
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Just Like Taking
Candy From A Baby
|
09/05/1940
|
Benny Goodman Orchestra
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Columbia
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Who Cares?
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09/05/1940
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(I Ain’t Hep To
That Step But I’ll) Dig It
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22/09/1940
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Perry Botkin Orchestra
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Love Of My Life
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22/09/1940
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Me And The Ghost
Upstairs
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22/09/1940
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Poor Mister
Chisholm
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22/09/1940
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Dream Dancing
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10/09/1941
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Delta Rhythm Boys
|
Decca
|
CC;GR
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Since I Kissed My
Baby Goodbye
|
10/09/1941
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So Near And Yet So
Far
|
10/09/1941
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The Wedding
Cake-Walk
|
10/09/1941
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I Can’t Tell A Lie
|
27/05/1942
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Bob Crosby Orchestra
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I’ll Capture Your
Heart
|
27/05/1942
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T;GR
|
Bing+
Margaret Lenhart
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You’re Easy To
Dance With
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27/05/1942
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CC;GR
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Dearly Beloved
|
26/07/1942
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John Scott Trotter Orchestra
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I’m Old Fashioned
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26/07/1942
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Wedding In The
Spring
|
26/07/1942
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GR
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On The Beam
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27/07/1942
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T;CC
|
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The Shorty George
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27/07/1942
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T;CC;GR
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You Were Never
Lovelier
|
27/07/1942
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If Swing Goes, I
Go Too
|
13/12/1944
|
Albert Sack Orchestra
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This Heart Of Mine
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13/12/1944
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CC;GR
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Oh, My Achin’ Back
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06/04/1945
|
CC
|
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One For My Baby
|
06/04/1945
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T
|
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Puttin’ On The
Ritz
|
18/07/1946
|
John Scott Trotter Orchestra
|
GR
|
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A Couple Of Song
And Dance Men
|
24/07/1946
|
CC;GR
|
Bing
|
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Isn’t This A
Lovely Day?
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**/12/1952
|
Oscar Peterson, piano
Flip Phillips, tenor saxophone
Charlie Shavers,
trumpet
Barney Kessel, guitar
Ray Brown, bass
Alvin Stoller, drums
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Verve
|
AS
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Puttin’ On The
Ritz
|
**/12/1952
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I Used To Be
Colour Blind
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**/12/1952
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The Continental
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**/12/1952
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Let’s Call The
Whole Thing Off
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**/12/1952
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Change Partners
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**/12/1952
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‘Swonderful
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**/12/1952
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Lovely To Look At
|
**/12/1952
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They All Laughed
|
**/12/1952
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Cheek To Cheek
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**/12/1952
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Steppin’ Out With
My Baby
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**/12/1952
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The Way You Look
Tonight
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**/12/1952
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I’ve Got My Eyes
On You
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**/12/1952
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Dancing In The
Dark
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**/12/1952
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The Carioca
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**/12/1952
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Nice Work If You
Can Get It
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**/12/1952
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New Sun In The Sky
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**/12/1952
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I Won’t Dance
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**/12/1952
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Top Hat, White Tie
And Tails
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**/12/1952
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No Strings
|
**/12/1952
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I Concentrate On
You
|
**/12/1952
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I’m Putting All My
Eggs In One Basket
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**/12/1952
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A Fine Romance
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**/12/1952
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Night And Day
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**/12/1952
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Fascinating Rhythm
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**/12/1952
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I Love Louisa
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**/12/1952
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They Can’t Take That
Away From Me
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**/12/1952
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You’re Easy To
Dance With
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**/12/1952
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A Needle In A
Haystack
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**/12/1952
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So Near And Yet So
Far
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**/12/1952
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A Foggy Day
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**/12/1952
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Oh, Lady Be Good!
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**/12/1952
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I’m Building Up To
An Awful Letdown
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**/12/1952
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Not My Girl
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**/12/1952
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Sluefoot
|
29/03/1955
|
Russ Garcia Orchestra
|
RCA Victor
|
R
|
|
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Something’s Gotta
Give
|
29/03/1955
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Hello Baby
|
30/03/1956
|
Buddy Bregman Orchestra
|
Verve
|
AF
|
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Just Like Taking
Candy From A Baby
|
30/03/1956
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Sweet Sorrow
|
30/03/1956
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There’s No Time
Like The Present
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30/03/1956
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That Face
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27/03/1957
|
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Calypso Hooray
|
**/**/1957
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The Afterbeat
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**/**/1959
|
Pete King Orchestra
|
Kapp
|
SG
|
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|
Change Partners
|
**/**/1959
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A Foggy Day
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**/**/1959
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Girl On
Magazine/Love Quarrel/Along Came Ruth
|
**/**/1959
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I’ll Walk Alone
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**/**/1959
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Isn’t This A
Lovely Day
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**/**/1959
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Lady Of The
Evening
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**/**/1959
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Oh, Lady Be
Good/Ritz/Top Hat White Tie And Tails
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**/**/1959
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One For My Baby
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**/**/1959
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Something’s Gotta
Give
|
**/**/1959
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They All Laughed
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**/**/1959
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They Can’t Take
That Away From Me
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**/**/1959
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The Martini
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16/05/1962
|
Dick Hazard Orchestra
|
Choreo
|
AF
|
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The Notorious
Landlady
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16/05/1962
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It Happens Every
Spring
|
15/11/1962
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Ava
|
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You Worry Me
|
15/11/1962
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Sing
|
15/07/1975
|
Studio Orchestra
(Conducted by Pete
Moore)
with the Johnny Evans Singers
|
EMI
|
LS
|
Bing
|
|
How Lucky Can You
Get
|
15/07/1975
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In The Cool, Cool,
Cool Of The Evening
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15/07/1975
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It’s Easy To
Remember
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15/07/1975
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Pick Yourself Up
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16/07/1975
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Bing
|
|
A Couple Of Song And
Dance Men
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16/07/1975
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Mr Keyboard Man –
The Entertainer
|
16/07/1975
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Roxie
|
16/07/1975
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Top Billing
|
17/07/1975
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Top Billing –
Reprise
|
17/07/1975
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Spring, Spring,
Spring
|
17/07/1975
|
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I’ve A Shooting
Box In Scotland
|
17/07/1975
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That Face
|
21/07/1975
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I’m Building Up To
An Awful Letdown
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21/07/1975
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Something’s Gotta
Give
|
21/07/1975
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Cheek To Cheek
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21/07/1975
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They Can’t Take
That Away From Me
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22/07/1975
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My Eyes Adored You
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22/07/1975
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Life Is Beautiful
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22/07/1975
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City Of The Angels
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22/07/1975
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You Worry Me
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23/07/1975
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The Old Fashioned
Way
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23/07/1975
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I Wanna Be A
Dancin’ Man
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23/07/1975
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They All Laughed
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23/07/1975
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Attitude Dancing
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30/07/1975
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I Love Everybody
But You
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30/07/1975
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Not My Girl
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30/07/1975
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A Fine Romance
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31/07/1975
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A Foggy Day
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31/07/1975
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Isn’t This A
Lovely Day
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31/07/1975
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The Wailing Of The
Willow
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31/07/1975
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Wonderful Baby
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31/07/1975
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Top Hat, White Tie
And Tails
|
01/08/1975
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One For My Baby
|
01/08/1975
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That’s
Entertainment
|
01/08/1975
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Night And Day
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01/08/1975
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