Cheek to Cheek
"Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35, specifically for the star of his new musical, Fred Astaire. The movie was Top Hat, co-starring Ginger Rogers. In the movie, Astaire sings the song to Rogers as they dance. The song was nominated for the Best Song Oscar for 1936, which it lost to "Lullaby of Broadway". The song spent five weeks at #1 on Your Hit Parade and was named the #1 song of 1935. Astaire's 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2004, Astaire's version finished at No. 15 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
| "Cheek to Cheek" | ||||
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Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing in Swing Time, 1936 | ||||
| Song by Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman's Orchestra | ||||
| B-side | "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" | |||
| Published | July 2, 1935 by Irving Berlin, Inc., New York | |||
| Released | August 1935 | |||
| Recorded | June 26, 1935 | |||
| Studio | ARC Recording Studios, 1776 Broadway, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Pop Vocal | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Brunswick 7486 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Irving Berlin | |||
| Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman's Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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