Puttin' on the Ritz - A Tribute to Fred Astaire Various Artists

• 1Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz 2017 (Jazzy Radio Mix)03:56
• 2Fred A. Staire - Dancing Cheek to Cheek (Fred Astaire Dance Studio Mix)05:21
• 3Right Said Fred - Let's Face the Music and Dance02:58
• 4Gabriel Kitzman - Shall We Dance03:33
• 5George Bangable & Stella Jones - Something's Gotta Give03:09
• 6Freakpower - The Afterbeat03:01
• 7Gani Tamir - Night and Day03:36
• 8Alex Larke - Steppin' out with My Baby02:45
• 9Darren Fewins - If Swing Goes, I Go Too03:13
• 10Kitten And The Hip - No Strings03:46
• 11Ashley Slater - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails03:20
• 12Gani Tamir - Dream Dancing03:41
• 13Alvin Chea - The Way You Look Tonight03:21
• 14Alexander Rybak - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (Radio Edit)02:47
• 15Fred A. Staire - Dancing Cheek to Cheek (Remix by Sefi Carmel Feat. Gani Tamir)03:45
• 16Bart&Baker - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (Lounge Remix)03:21
• 17Taco - Puttin' on the Ritz 2017 (Taco Swings with Fred Astaire)03:55
• Total Runtime59:28

Info for Puttin' on the Ritz - A Tribute to Fred Astaire

In celebration of Fred Astaire Franchised Dance Studios 70th Anniversary, Fred Astaire Dance Studio / Vienna, Austria will delight with this international music project in honour of the legendary dancer and his Austrian roots. For this album Rainer C. Regatschnig, Wolfgang Lohr and Justin Fidèle teamed up in order to explore how the original songs of Fred Astaire would sound with a contemporary arrangement and sung by some of the most energetic and still sensitive singers of nowadays. More than a dozen Fred Astaire era classics have been remade and rerecorded for this production. Stars like Taco (#4 in the US with Puttin´On The Ritz), Right Said Fred (#1 in the US with I m Too Sexy), Freakpower (#1 in the UK with Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out from the Levi s advert), Kitten and the Hip (band from the London scene), Alex Larke of Electro Velvet and other surprise guests joined the project. The Austrian roots of Fred Astaire were also celebrated in this project: local musicians were invited to breathe a little Austrian spirit into the electro sound. Fred Astaire s father, Fritz Austerlitz, was born in Linz. After a brief stay in Vienna, he immigrated to the USA and settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where on 10 May 1899 his son Frederick was born, eventually to become the world-famous on-screen dancer Fred Astaire.

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter. As well as being the 30th anniversary of the death of probably the world's most eminent dancer, 2017 is also the 70th anniversary of Fred Astaire Dance Studios. Co-founded by this exceptional artist in 1947, the chain now boasts 170 franchised studios around the world. For this album Rainer C. Regatschnig, Wolfgang Lohr and Justin Fidèle teamed up in order to explore how the original songs of Fred Astaire would sound with a contemporary arrangement and sung by some of the most energetic and still sensitive artists of nowadays like Taco, Right Said Fred, Alex Larke, Freakpower, Kitten and The Hip, Alexander Rybak, Stella Jones, Bart & Baker, Gani Tamir and others.

No biography found.

This album contains no booklet.