Let Yourself Go (Irving Berlin song)
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"Let Yourself Go" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1936 film Follow the Fleet, where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers.
Background[edit]
Ginger Rogers performed the song in the 1936 musical Follow the Fleet backed up by Jeanne Gray, Betty Grable, and Joy Hodges. She reprised the song in an audition scene.
Notable recordings[edit]
- Fred Astaire - recorded January 30, 1936 for Columbia Records (catalog No. 3116D).[1]
- Stacey Kent – Let Yourself Go: Celebrating Fred Astaire (2000)
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)
- Kristin Chenoweth – Let Yourself Go (2003)
- The Boswell Sisters (1936)[2]
- Tony Bennett – Bennett/Berlin (1987)
- Crossroads - That Lucky Old Sun (2011)
- Alex Mendham & His Orchestra - On With The Show (2017)
References[edit]
- ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
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- "Boswell Sisters Discography". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
2/12/36 Russ Case (tpt) Will Bradley (tbn) Artie Shaw (cl, as) Martha Boswell (p) Dick McDonough (g) Dick Cherwin (sb) Stan King (d) New York. 60463-A Let Yourself Go (Irving Berlin) 2:43 Decca 709B
- "DECCA (USA) numerical listing discography: 500 - 1000". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- "Boswell Sisters Discography". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
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