Fred Astaire in "Carefree" (1938). He first presented Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" in "Swing Time" (1936); the Gershwins' "They Can't Take That Away from Me" in "Shall We Dance" (1937), "A Foggy Day" and "Nice Work if You Can Get it" in "A Damsel in Distress" (1937); Johnny Mercer's "One for My Baby" from "The Sky's the Limit" (1943) and "Something's Gotta Give" from "Daddy Long Legs" (1955); and Harry Warren and Arthur Freed's "This Heart of Mine" from "Ziegfeld Follies" (1946). Astaire also co-introduced a number of song classics via song duets with his partners. For example, with
The Astaire Story session – "Mr. Top Hat"; "The Irving Berlin Songbook"; "Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings". In the EU, after the original recording's performers'/producers' rights expired, additional European releases appeared under different names, e.g. "Jazz Time" (Proper) 2003; "Oscar Peterson and Fred Astaire: Complete Norman Granz Sessions" (Jazz Factory) 2005. Recorded at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, December, 1952: The Astaire Story The Astaire Story is a 1952 album by Fred Astaire. The album was conceived of and produced by Norman Granz, the founder of Clef Records (and later Verve Records), who was also responsible for the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts,