Artist: Fred Astaire
Author: Irving Berlin
Label: Brunswick
Year: 1935
In Top Hat, Berlin's first of five films with Fred so it had to be good. Cheek To Cheek tailor-fit Astaire's limited vocal range and landed Irving an Oscar. N°1 US.
Covers:
Louis Armstrong [with Ella Fitzgerald]
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga [album title track]
Lowell George's Cheek To Cheek ('79) was covered one year later by Harry Nilsson.
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