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"Cheek to Cheek"
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)"
PublishedJuly 2, 1935 (1935-07-02) by Irving Berlin, Inc., New York
ReleasedAugust 1935
RecordedJune 26, 1935 (1935-06-26)
StudioARC Recording Studios, 1776 Broadway, New York City
GenreJazz, Pop Vocal
Length3:19
LabelBrunswick 7486
Songwriter(s)Irving Berlin
Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman's Orchestra singles chronology
"Flying Down to Rio"
(1934)
"Cheek to Cheek"
(1935)
"Isn't This a Lovely Day?"
(1935)

"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.

Release

On June 26, 1935, Fred and Leo Reisman, along with his Orchestra, got to work at ARC (parent company of Brunswick Records at the time) Studios in New York City. They recorded two Irving Berlin compositions, "Cheek To Cheek" and "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)". The next day, with Johnny Greene's Orchestra, "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" and "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" were completed. Both singles were released in August, and then at the end of the month, "Top Hat" premiered. The timing must have been perfect, because "Cheek to Cheek" headed straight to #1, where it stayed for eleven weeks, and finished the #1 hit of 1935. Fred topped his career high of ten weeks for "Night And Day".

Recorded versions

According to the database of secondhandsongs.com, "Cheek to Cheek" has been recorded by 438 different artists as of July 2021.

Release Performer Vocalist Recording date Album Label Source
1935 Guy Lombardo Guy Lombardo
1935 The Boswell Sisters The Boswell Sisters
1956 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis August 16, 1956 Ella and Louis Verve
1957 Lou Donaldson feat. Horace Silver Quartet instrumental June 20, 1952 Quartet/Quintet/Sextet Blue Note
1957 Marcy Lutes (arr. Gil Evans) Marcy Lutes 1956 or 1957 Debut Decca
1958 Peggy Lee Peggy Lee January 3, 1958 Jump for Joy Capitol
1958 Doris Day Doris Day February 24, 1958 Hooray for Hollywood Columbia
1958 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald March 1958 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book Verve
1958 Billie Holiday Billie Holiday August 1956 All or Nothing at All Verve
1959 Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra December 1958 Come Dance with Me! Capitol
1976 Alex Harvey Alex Harvey Christmas 1975 The Penthouse Tapes Vertigo
1982 Taco Taco 1981 After Eight RCA Victor
2014 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga June 2013 Cheek to Cheek Columbia

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