Fred & Adele Astaire -- Fascinating Rhythm, 1926/Gershwin on Piano

[ChopsForBohemians]

...:-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[BusbyRocks1]

Simply amazing find!

[Shabannie]

I love the Gershwins and the Astaires. You made a wonderful video.

---------Ellen

[lonesomeg]

I'm always blown away at how fine a pianist George Gershwin was, and you can count on it that he never played an identical performance. Fred Astaire's voice sounded the same throughout his career, as near as I can tell--not an outstanding voice, but he knew how to use it best. I like Adelle's style, also. Don't you know they had fun doing this?!

[Broadway3]

Fantastic video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did you find this recording?!?! What a gem!

[2ndviolinist]

@Broadway3 On the newsgroup alt.binaries.sound2.78rpm-era years ago. Transfer of an LP "Lady Be Good", a Monmouth Evergreen record company album, date unknown.

[2ndviolinist]

@2ndviolinist Should be alt.binaries.sounds.78rpm-era, sorry.

[ChrisWalkenFan]

Adele has had a marvellous voice. *____* what a brilliant time they spent together. Poor what happened to her private life though... :'(

[2ndviolinist]

For those, who, like me, have (in my case change that to had) no idea who Ritchie Blackmore is, he co-foundedd Deep Purple mentioned by peatones27.  I even listened to Deep Purple way back when. Thanks, Wikipedia.

[brianpage100]

Oh, Ritchie Blackmore, you've done it again!

[MsCurry85]

I read the attached comment to the video. I wonder if P.G. Wodehouse was just trying to make people laugh.

[2ndviolinist]

@MsCurry85 Would not come as a shock.

[deancook652]

I first heard this recording on KALW in San Francisco about 25 years ago. What a pleasure to run across it on YT. George really knew ho to make a tune "rollick." Thanks for posting!

[2ndviolinist]

@deancook652 You are welcome.

[Thorneycroft1937]

This is fantastic.

[Redenzyme]

Absolutely wonderful, thank you for posting! Haven't heard this version in, god, twenty years? Memory of childhood. Nothing like hearing Gershwin playing his own stuff.

[2ndviolinist]

@Redenzyme He's a fabulous pianist.

[peatones27]

The Deep Purple song "BURN" is based on a riff borrowed from Georges Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythm.

[AstaireFans]

Thanks so much for this, I hadn't heard it before ♥

[2ndviolinist]

@AstaireFans Glad you liked it.