Fred Astaire singing his greatest hits - An Evening with Fred Astaire (1958)

Musics

00:44 Oh, Lady Be Good!
01:26 Cheek to Cheek
01:53 A Fine Romance
02:17 They Cant´t Take That Away From Me
02:44 Nice Work If You Can Get It
03:12 A Foggy Day
04:02 I Wan´t Dance
04:25 Something´s Gotta Give
04:53 Night and Day
05:45 Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
08:53 Isn´t This a Lovely Day

An Evening with Fred Astaire

-An Evening with Fred Astaire is a one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire, broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1958. It was highly successful, winning nine Emmy awards and spawning three further specials, and technically innovative, as it was the first major television show to be recorded on color videotape. It was produced at NBC's Color City studios in Burbank, California.

-Considered something of a comeback for the then 59-year-old Astaire, the special was his first starring role on television. It was directed and co-produced by Bud Yorkin and introduced Astaire's new partner Barrie Chase, whom he would later describe in Interview magazine in 1973 as perhaps his favorite dance partner. The Jonah Jones Quartet and David Rose and his Orchestra provided the music, and the Hermes Pan Dancers appeared in the ensemble dance numbers. The announcer was Art Gilmore, who at the time was the voice of the Chrysler Corporation, the show's sponsor. Typical for advertising of the era, Chrysler's 1959 model year Forward Look cars featured prominently in the show; Astaire's final words were "I only hope the show is as good as the cars."

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