edgar - Puttin' On The Ritz


edgar
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 Taco released a of "Puttin' On the Ritz" as a single from his album </span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">After Eight</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, released in Europe on Polymor and by RCM 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 Harlemites parading up and down 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 Joe Kaye's Band performing it at The Ritz Hotel London restaurant in the 1930s.The song was featured with recording the original lyrics in the 1939 film Idiot's Delight, where it was performed by Clark Gable and chorus, and this routine was selected for inclusion in That's Entertainment (1974). Columbia released a of Fred Astaire singing the original lyrics in May 1930! So my choice for Round Three has got to be "Anyone fancy a "DANCE"</span></p>