(I've Got) Beginner's Luck
"(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" | ||||
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Song by Fred Astaire | ||||
B-side | "They Can't Take That Away from Me" | |||
Published | 1937 by Chappell & Co. | |||
Released | April 1937[1] | |||
Recorded | March 18, 1937 | |||
Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
Genre | Jazz, Pop Vocal | |||
Label | Brunswick 7855[2] | |||
Composer(s) | George Gershwin | |||
Lyricist(s) | Ira Gershwin | |||
Fred Astaire singles chronology | ||||
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"(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, it was introduced by Fred Astaire.[3] It's a brief comic tap solo with cane where Astaire's rehearsing to a record of the number is cut short when the record gets stuck. Astaire's commercial recording for Brunswick (No. 7855) was very popular in 1937.[4]
Other notable recordings[]
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
References[]
- ^ "Cover versions of They Can't Take That Away from Me by Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ Fred Astaire – They Can't Take That Away From Me / Beginner's Luck (1937, Shellac), retrieved 2021-08-04
- ^ Gilbert, Steven E. (1995). The Music of Gershwin. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 6. ISBN 0300062338.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 37. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
Categories:
- Songs about luck
- Songs with music by George Gershwin
- Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin
- Fred Astaire songs
- 1937 songs
- Songs written for films
- 1930s song stubs
- 1930s jazz composition stubs
- Pop standard stubs
- Show tune stubs