Just A Couple of Song and Dance Men

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:31am

Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby in Blue Skies (1946)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqiKLldjA6Q




In 1975, the two of them recorded an album of dues. Here (vocals only) are three songs from that album, including "Couple of Song and Dance Men," an amusing piece of special material called "Top Billing" and a fun version of "Roxie," from Chicago, which was on Broadway at the time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_IUbGxMuXM.

Updated On: 2/6/10 at 10:31 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:41am

Here's Fred singing "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" from The Belle of New York:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbMUUljvoM4

And here's the very exiting version of the same song Fosse created as a tribute to Astaire, first for the Dancin' and then used again in Fosse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm0bkywFONY

If only Fosse and Astaire had worked together!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:45am

Here's young Bob Fosse bein' a dancin' man on an early George Burn and Gracie Allen television show, with George and fellow dancin' man Harrison Muller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db6lyqZGo0w

Updated On: 2/6/10 at 10:45 AM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:50am

And two numbers from one of my favorite song and dance men, Bobby Van:

"I'm Through With Love" from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za7DcyJYrCU


and the incredible hopping number "Take Me to Broadway" from Small Town Girl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtlHjso3LHA

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 10:54am

Here's young Fosse again, doing a solo and a duet with Bobby Van from The Affairs of Dobie Gillis, with Debbie Reynolds and a vocal by Barbara Ruick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p5J5CmG-_M

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:08am

Russ Tamblyn, who played Riff in West Side Story, did some incredible dancing in some forgettable movies, Here's his great barn dance in The Fastest Gun Alive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAvEOt-l_I

[tommyboy]

Posted: 2/7/10 at 8:49am

Thanks Joey, this is really good stuff.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/7/10 at 11:23am

On my bucket list of things I want to do before I die: learn to do a tap dance and a soft-shoe.

[alterego]

Posted: 2/8/10 at 9:34pm

Now that IS entertainment.

[Q]

Posted: 2/8/10 at 9:52pm

Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather

[Q]

Posted: 2/8/10 at 9:57pm

Origins of the Moonwalk

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/8/10 at 10:23pm

That's a great video, Q.

It has almost 1,000,000 views!