The Astaire Story è un album in studio dell'attore, ballerino e cantante statunitense Fred Astaire, pubblicato nel 1953.
La copertina del disco è stata realizzata da David Stone Martin.
Tracce LP 1 Side A Isn't This a Lovely Day? (Irving Berlin) – 4:26 Puttin' on the Ritz (Berlin) – 2:51 I Used to Be Color Blind (Berlin) – 4:14 The Continental (Con Conrad, Herb Magidson) – 3:28 Side B Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36 Change Partners (Berlin) – 3:13 'S Wonderful (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:56 Lovely to Look At (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 3:26 They All Laughed (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:55 LP 2 Side A Cheek to Cheek (Berlin) – 5:39 Steppin' Out with My Baby (Berlin) – 2:22 The Way You Look Tonight (Fields, Kern) – 2:57 I've Got My Eyes on You (Cole Porter) – 2:57 Dancing in the Dark (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 4:45 Side B The Carioca (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 4:48 Nice Work If You Can Get It (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:07 New Sun in the Sky (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:27 I Won't Dance (Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Kern, McHugh) – 3:01 Fast Dances (Ad Lib) – 2:24 LP 3 Side A Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Berlin) – 4:00 No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) (Berlin) – 2:54 I Concentrate on You (Porter) – 2:43 I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket (Berlin) – 2:54 A Fine Romance (Fields, Kern) – 3:43 Side B Night and Day (Porter) – 5:22 Fascinating Rhythm (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:41 I Love Louisa (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:40 Slow Dances (Ad Lib) – 2:55 Medium Dances (Ad Lib) – 2:01 LP 4 Side A They Can't Take That Away from Me (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:22 You're Easy to Dance With (Berlin) – 3:22 A Needle in a Haystack (Conrad, Magidson) – 2:22 So Near and Yet So Far (Porter) – 3:18 A Foggy Day (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:00 Side B Oh, Lady be Good! (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 5:01 I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown (Fred Astaire, Johnny Mercer) – 3:59 Not My Girl (Astaire, Desmond Carter, Van Phillips) – 3:37 Jam Session for a Dancer – 6:34
Formazione Fred Astaire – voce, tap Charlie Shavers – tromba Flip Phillips – sassofono tenore Oscar Peterson – piano Barney Kessel – chitarra Ray Brown – contrabbasso Alvin Stoller – batteria
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