edgar - Puttin' On The Ritz

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Dec 27, 2023 12:08pm

<p>Party Time Rnd 3</p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">In 1982, singer&nbsp;Taco&nbsp;released a&nbsp;of "Puttin' On the Ritz" as a single from his album&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">After Eight</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, released in Europe on&nbsp;Polymor&nbsp;and by&nbsp; RCM&nbsp;in the US. The single was accompanied by a music video, The original version of Berlin's song included references to the then-popular fad of flashily dressed but poor&nbsp;&nbsp;Harlemites&nbsp;parading up and down&nbsp;Lenox Avenue, "Spending ev'ry dime / For a wonderful time". In the United Kingdom, the song was popularized through the BBC's radio broadcasts of&nbsp;Joe Kaye's Band&nbsp;performing it at&nbsp;The Ritz Hotel London&nbsp;restaurant in the 1930s.The song was featured with recording the original lyrics in the 1939 film&nbsp;Idiot's Delight, where it was performed by&nbsp;Clark Gable&nbsp;and chorus, and this routine was selected for inclusion in&nbsp;That's Entertainment&nbsp;(1974). Columbia released a&nbsp;&nbsp;of&nbsp;Fred Astaire&nbsp;singing the original lyrics in May 1930! So my choice for Round Three has got to be "Anyone fancy a "DANCE"</span></p>