Song artist 189 - Fred Astaire

This page lists the song chart entries of Fred Astaire. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

As with all songs of the 1930s some of these may be credited to the band leaders, some to the bands and some to the vocalist. We try and keep things consistent but if you find a place where we've failed to do that please inform us.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Fred Astaire	The Way You Look Tonight	1936	US Billboard 1 - 1936 (17 weeks), Oscar in 1936 (film 'Swing Time'), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1936), Your Hit Parade 2 of 1936, US invalid BB 2 of 1936, POP 2 of 1936, Brazil 26 of 1937, Australian Nostalgia 28 of 1930-1939, nuTsie 38 of 1930s, AFI 43, Europe 94 of the 1930s (1936), RYM 40 of 1936, Song of 1936
2	Fred Astaire	Cheek to Cheek	1935	US Billboard 1 - 1935 (18 weeks), Your Hit Parade 1 of 1935, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1935), Australian Nostalgia 1 of 1930-1939, US invalid BB 2 of 1935, POP 2 of 1935, Oscar in 1935 (film 'Top Hat') (Nominated), AFI 15, Scrobulate 19 of vocal, nuTsie 27 of 1930s, Brazil 38 of 1936, RYM 1 of 1935
3	Fred Astaire	They Can't Take That Away From Me	1937	US Billboard 1 - 1937 (11 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1937), Oscar in 1937 (film 'Shall We Dance') (Nominated), US invalid BB 3 of 1937, POP 3 of 1937, Europe 89 of the 1930s (1937), Acclaimed 2182 (1937), RYM 34 of 1937
4	Fred Astaire	Change Partners	1938	US Billboard 1 - 1938 (8 weeks), Oscar in 1938 (film 'Carefree') (Nominated), Your Hit Parade 6 of 1938, US invalid BB 16 of 1938, POP 16 of 1938, Europe 83 of the 1930s (1938), RYM 89 of 1938, Song of 1938
5	Fred Astaire	A Fine Romance	1936	US Billboard 1 - 1936 (12 weeks), Your Hit Parade 6 of 1936, US invalid BB 12 of 1936, POP 12 of 1936, Australian Nostalgia 40 of 1930-1939, RYM 6 of 1936
6	Fred Astaire	Top Hat, White Tie & Tails	1935	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008 (1935), US Billboard 2 - 1935 (13 weeks), US invalid BB 7 of 1935, POP 7 of 1935, RYM 14 of 1935, Song of 1935
7	Fred Astaire	Nice Work If You Can Get It	1938	US Billboard 1 - Nov 1937 (15 weeks), US invalid BB 13 of 1938, POP 13 of 1938, Europe 79 of the 1930s (1938), RYM 20 of 1937
8	Fred Astaire	I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket	1936	US Billboard 1 - 1936 (10 weeks), US invalid BB 15 of 1936, POP 15 of 1936, RYM 39 of 1936
9	Fred Astaire	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	1937	US Billboard 5 - 1937 (9 weeks), AFI 34, Jazz Standard 766, RYM 12 of 1937, Song of 1937
10	Fred Astaire	I'm Old Fashioned	1943	Your Hit Parade 20 of 1943, US Billboard 23 - 1943 (1 week), DDD 74 of 1943
11	Fred Astaire	Puttin' on the Ritz	1930	Peel list 2 of 1930, RYM 1 of 1930
12	Fred Astaire	Flying Down to Rio	1934	US Billboard 6 - 1934 (4 weeks), Brazil 82 of 1935
13	Fred Astaire	The Piccolino	1935	US Billboard 10 - 1935 (6 weeks), Brazil 49 of 1936
14	Fred Astaire	Let Yourself Go	1936	US Billboard 2 - 1936 (12 weeks), RYM 69 of 1936
15	Fred Astaire	Isn't This a Lovely Day?	1935	US Billboard 3 - 1935 (11 weeks), RYM 14 of 1935
16	Fred Astaire	Let's Face the Music & Dance	1936	US Billboard 5 - 1936 (11 weeks), RYM 69 of 1936
17	Fred Astaire	Pick Yourself Up	1936	US Billboard 7 - 1936 (6 weeks), RYM 40 of 1936
18	Fred Astaire	No Strings	1935	US Billboard 9 - 1935 (6 weeks), RYM 1 of 1935
19	Fred Astaire	A Foggy Day (in London Town)	1937	US Billboard 3 - 1937 (10 weeks)
20	Fred Astaire	I Used to Be Color Blind	1938	US Billboard 8 - 1938 (3 weeks), RYM 89 of 1938
21	Fred Astaire	Dearly Beloved	1942	Oscar in 1942 (film 'You Were Never Lovelier') (Nominated)
22	Fred Astaire	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck	1937	US Billboard 13 - 1937 (2 weeks), RYM 34 of 1937
23	Fred Astaire	We Saw the Sea	1936	US Billboard 15 - 1936 (3 weeks), RYM 39 of 1936
24	Fred Astaire	Things Are Looking Up	1937	US Billboard 19 - 1937 (1 week), RYM 20 of 1937
25	Fred Astaire	I'm Building Up To an Awful Let-Down	1936	US Billboard 4 - 1936 (8 weeks)
26	Fred Astaire	Never Gonna Dance	1936	US Billboard 5 - 1936 (6 weeks)
27	Fred Astaire	They All Laughed	1937	US Billboard 6 - 1937 (11 weeks)
28	Fred Astaire	Something's Gotta Give	1955	Oscar in 1955 (film 'Daddy Long Legs') (Nominated)
29	Fred Astaire	The Yam	1938	US Billboard 10 - 1938 (10 weeks)
30	Fred Astaire	I'd Rather Lead a Band	1936	US Billboard 12 - 1936 (4 weeks)
31	Fred Astaire	You Were Never Lovelier	1943	UK 40s Sheet Music 12 - Feb 1943 (1 week)
32	Fred Astaire	Music Makes Me	1934	US Billboard 14 - 1934 (2 weeks)
33	Fred Astaire	Bojangles Of Harlem	1936	US Billboard 17 - 1936 (2 weeks)
34	Fred Astaire	My One & Only Love	1929	US Billboard 18 - 1929 (1 week)
35	Fred Astaire	How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been a Liar All My Life	1951	US Billboard 30 - Apr 1951 (1 week)
36	Fred Astaire	That's Entertainment	1953	AFI 45
37	Fred Astaire	Crazy Feet	1930	RYM 1 of 1930
38	Fred Astaire	I've Got You On My Mind	1932	RYM 4 of 1932
39	Fred Astaire	The Waltz in Swing Time	1936	RYM 6 of 1936
40	Fred Astaire	Louisiana	1929	RYM 54 of 1929
41	Fred Astaire	Not My Girl	1929	RYM 54 of 1929
42	Fred Astaire	Night & Day	unknown	Australian Nostalgia 6 of 1930-1939

In addition to the above listed songs Fred Astaire also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Fred Astaire & Leo Reisman	Night & Day	1932	US Billboard 1 - 1932 (18 weeks), US invalid BB 1 of 1932, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 (1932), POP 1 of 1932, ASCAP song of 1932, Music Imprint 14 of 1930s, Brazil 21 of 1933, nuTsie 34 of 1930s, DMDB 52 (1932), RIAA 195, Acclaimed 1369 (1932), RYM 4 of 1932
2	Fred Astaire & George Gershwin	Fascinating Rhythm	1926	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006 (1926), Library of Congress artifact added 2005 (1926)
3	Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers	Shall We Dance	1937	US Billboard 3 - 1937 (6 weeks), RYM 12 of 1937
4	Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers	My One & Only Highland Fling	1949	UK 40s Sheet Music 24 - Dec 1949 (2 weeks)
5	Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire	The Babbitt & The Bromide	1928	aceterrier.com 21 of the 1920s (1928)
6	Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire	I'd Rather Charleston	1926	aceterrier.com 63 of the 1920s (1926)

Previous Comments

Previous Comments (newest first)

15 Oct 2015

Double Listing - Change Partners

Looks like #4 & #41 (Changing Partners) are the same.

2 Oct 2015

looking for song name

has words in it "i wish i'd been born a boy oh gee instead of a poor little girl like me"

5 Aug 2015

The one and only love

Fred Astaire My One & Only Love - correct: My One & Only ?

Cheers Walter

You need to read the FAQ about song titles.

17 May 2015

Double Listing-Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

#24 should be combined with #3 (under duets w/Ginger Rogers). Per Joel Whitburn should just be credited to Fred Astaire.

Data fixed, thanks

28 Sep 2011

# 19 Puttin' on the Ritz

Oops, I spoke too soon. There are two recordings. Astaire's was issued on Columbia DB-96 while the Garber recording was Columbia 2115-D.

Indeed, as we said it's complicated.

28 Sep 2011

# 19 Puttin' on the Ritz

This recording is by Jan Garber & His Orchestra with Fred Astaire doing the vocal.

The songs of the 1930s are credited in many different ways, some sources list the band leader, some the band, some the singer and some combinations of these. This particular song is best known as being by Fred Astaire.

We are aware of the fact that there is a lack of consistency and try to reflect that in the comments on the artist's pages.

2 Sep 2011

1 Cheek to Cheek

Fred and Ginger did this song together in the movie, but the commercial recording which was a # 1 Billboard Hit is a solo by Fred.

You are correct, most of the charts listed are of the record, which was just Fred. We've decided to change even the Oscar nomination to just Fred (which we realise is technically incorrect) so that all the entries stay together.

Thanks for the correction.