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"Let's Face the Music and Dance" is a song written in 1936 by Irving Berlin for the film ''Follow the Fleet'', where it was introduced by Fred Astaire and featured in a celebrated dance duet with Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It is also used in ''Pennies from Heaven'', where Astaire's voice is lip-synched by Steve Martin, and in a celebrated Morecambe and Wise sketch involving newsreader Angela Rippon.〔http://www.bobthebrit.net/entertainment/morecambe-and-wise/〕 〔http://www.discogs.com/Nat-King-Cole-Lets-Face-The-Music/release/1548489〕 In 1997, it was used in a famous advert for Allied Dunbar. Barbra Streisand performed a line in her "Color Me Barbra Medley" from the TV special and album "Color Me Barbra". In "New Killer Star", song from David Bowie 2003 album ''Reality'', there's a reference of the title before the chorus. The BBC used Nat King Cole's version of the song as their theme music for the mockumentary series ''Twenty Twelve''. ==Notable recordings== *Bea Arthur – ''Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends'' (2002) *Tony Bennett – ''The Beat of My Heart'' (1957), ''Bennett/Berlin'' (1987) *Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga – ''Cheek to Cheek'' (2014) *Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band – ''All Smiles'' (1968) (aka ''Let's Face the Music'') *Shirley Bassey – ''Let's Face the Music'' (1962) *Nat King Cole – ''Let's Face the Music!'' (1964) *Natalie Cole – ''Stardust'' (1996) *Barbara Cook – ''Mostly Sondheim'' (2002) – in a medley with "The Song is You" (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein, II) *Doris Day – ''Hooray For Hollywood'' (1959) *Ella Fitzgerald – ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook'' (1958) *Jane Krakowski – 'The Laziest Gal in Town' – Jane Krakowski Live at Feinsteins's Loews Regency (2010) – Solo Album *Diana Krall – ''When I Look in Your Eyes'' (1999) *Susannah McCorkle – ''Ballad Essentials'' (2008) *Anita O'Day – ''Pick Yourself Up'' (1956) *Taco Ockerse – ''Let's Face The Music'' (1984) *Renato Russo – ''The Stonewall Celebration Concert'' (1994) *Frank Sinatra – ''Ring-A-Ding-Ding'' (1961), ''Trilogy: Past Present Future'' (1980) *Caetano Veloso – ''Omaggio a Federico e Giulietta'' (1999) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Let's Face the Music and Dance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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