1935 OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG: Cheek To Cheek - Fred Astaire

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Movie: “Top Hat” (RKO), starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, and Eric Blore.

Audio from CD source, the original 78rpm single was issued on Brunswick 7486 - Cheek To Cheek (Irving Berlin) by Fred Astaire, orchestra conducted by Leo Reisman, recorded in NYC June 26, 1935. The tune was among the year’s most popular song hits (five weeks at #1 on “Your Hit Parade”), and this Astaire-Reisman collaboration was one of Fred’s all-time top sellers.
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1935 BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES (3)

Lullaby Of Broadway (“Gold Diggers Of 1935”) (winner)
Cheek To Cheek (“Top Hat”)
Lovely To Look At (“Roberta”)
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SOME OTHER SONG HITS FROM 1935 FILMS

About A Quartet To Nine (“Go Into Your Dance”)
Alone (“A Night At The Opera”)
I Won’t Dance (“Roberta”)
I’m In The Mood For Love (“Every Night At Eight”)
Isn’t This A Lovely Day (“Top Hat”)
It’s Easy To Remember (“Mississippi”)
Lookie Lookie Lookie, Here Comes Cookie (“Love In Bloom”)
She’s A Latin From Manhattan (“Go Into Your Dance”)
Top Hat, White Tie And Tails (“Top Hat”)
When I Grow Too Old To Dream (“The Night Is Young”)
You Are My Lucky Star (“Broadway Melody Of 1936”)
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