Change Partners
"Change Partners" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Carefree, where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. Hit records in 1938 included Astaire, Ozzie Nelson, Jimmy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk.[1] The song reached #1 on Billboard's Record Buying Guide.
The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1939 but lost out to Thanks for the Memory.[2]
Notable recordings
- Fred Astaire – Carefree (1938) and for his album The Astaire Story (1952). Also for his album Now (1959)[3]
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)
- Sammy Davis Jr. – for the album Sammy Awards (1959)[4]
- Jack Jones – for the album Shall We Dance (1961)[5]
- Vic Damone – for the album Linger Awhile (1962)[6]
- Steve Lawrence – for his album Academy Award Losers (1964)[7]
- Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim – Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
- Bing Crosby – A Couple of Song and Dance Men (1975)
- Andy Williams – Close Enough for Love (1986)
- Michael Feinstein – included the song in his album Remember: Michael Feinstein Sings Irving Berlin (1987)
- Renato Russo – recorded for The Stonewall Celebration Concert (1994), but only released on O Último Solo (1997)
- Harry Connick, Jr. – Come by Me (1999)
- Kurt Elling – Nightmoves (2007)
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954. Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 484. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ↑ "Internet Movie Database". imdb.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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- ↑ "allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
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