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The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

April 13, 2013 By Suzanne 1 Comment

Song of the Day: Let’s Face The Music and Dance

The song of the day for Saturday, April 13, 2013 is Let’s Face The Music and Dance.

About This Song

This Irving Berlin song was written in 1936 for the Fred Astaire – Ginger Rogers movie Follow The Fleet.

About This Version

Today’s version of Let’s Face the Music and Dance is from Tony Bennett’s 1957 album The Beat of My Heart. This version, arranged by Ralph Sharon, features Candido, Sabu and Billy Exiner on percussion and drums.

http://open.spotify.com/track/5B9bcn6bpoAWbLnyQrlVvw
Let’s Face The Music and Dance, as well as the full The Beat of My Heart album, is available from iTunes.

And thanks to YouTube, here’s the famous scene from Follow The Fleet:

Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Follow The Fleet, Irving Berlin, The Beat of My Heart

Comments

  1. Nick Riggio, Sr. says

    April 13, 2013 at 4:11 am

    This song has always been well received by anyone that listens to it. It did not receive tremendous airplay by our nation’s DJs. Other songs in the Beat of My Heart did.

    I am a lover of the whole album! Tremendous work by Benedetto!

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