Tracks: 1. Puttin' On The Ritz
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day
3. No Strings
4. Change Partners
5. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
6. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
7. You're Easy To Dance With
8. Steppin' Out With My Baby
9. I Used To Be Color Blink
10. Cheek To Cheek
Tracks: Disc: 1
1. Isn't This A Lovely Day
2. Puttin' On The Ritz
3. I Used To Be Color Blind
4. The Continental
5. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
6. Change Partners
7. 'S Wonderful
8. Lovely To Look At
9. They All Laughed
10. Cheek To Cheek
11. Steppin' Out With My Baby
12. The Way You Look Tonight
13. I've Got My Eyes On you
14. Dancing In The Dark
15. The Carioca
16. Nice Work If You Can Get It
17. New Sun In The Sky
18. I Won't Dance
19. (Ad Lib) Fast Dances
Disc: 2
1. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
2. No Strings
3. I Concentrate on You
4. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
5. A Fine Romance
6. Night And Day
7. Fascinating Rhythm
8. I Love Louisa
9. (Ad Lib) Slow Dances
10. (Ad Lib) Medium Dance
11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
12. You're Easy To Dance With
13. A Needle In A Haystack
14. So Near And Yet So Far
15. A Foggy Day
16. Oh, Lady Be Good
17. I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown
18. Not My Girl
19. Jam Session (Instrumental)
Posted 2007-09-09 22:49:56: Amazon.com: Charlie Shavers (trumpet), Flip Phillips (tenor sax), Oscar Peterson (piano), Barney Kessel (guitar), Ray Brown (bass) and Alvin Stoller (drums) accompanied Fred on the 1952 sessions. Fred may not have been the best singer of his generation but he knew his limitations and how to work within them. He had a pleasant voice and had a good feel for a song. His other talents, particularly as a dancer, made him ideal for Hollywood musicals and it was through that medium that Fred became the original singer of many popular classics. Fred had number one hits in America with Night and day, Cheek to cheek, I'm putting all my eggs in one basket, The way you look tonight, A fine romance, They can't take that away from me, Nice work if you can get it and Change partners. He also made the top ten with many other songs including I love Louisa, New sun in the sky, No strings, Top hat white tie and tails, Isn't this a lovely day, I'm building up to an awful letdown, Let's call the whole thing off, They all laughed, A foggy day and I used to be color blind. Fred re-recorded all those songs in 1952 but he seems to have missed out some important songs including Let yourself go and Let's face the music and dance, which were both huge hits in 1936 (they were actually two sides of the same single) and remain among the most popular songs of the era. There are other songs here that are indelibly associated with Fred but were not hits for him including S'wonderful, Putting on the Ritz, The continental, Stepping out with my baby, Dancing in the dark, Fascinating rhythm and the song that started it all for him, Oh lady be good. With extensive liner notes describing Fred's career, this double-CD provides a great introduction to his music.
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