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The Astaire Story (album) by Fred Astaire 

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The Astaire Story
The Astaire Story by Fred Astaire (1952)
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72/100 (from 8 votes)
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Accolades: Top 10 albums of 1952 (7th)

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The Astaire Story is an album by Fred Astaire. It is ranked number 7,003 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 96 from 3 greatest album charts.

The Astaire Story is ranked number 7 in the best albums of 1952 and number 113 in the best albums of the 1950s.

The Astaire Story is the only music album by Fred Astaire to appear in the greatest album charts.

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FRED ASTAIRE the story 3 LP VG+ 70 5554 Vinyl 1978 Record
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The Fred Astaire Story 3 record set VG++ w/ Ray Brown Oscar peterson Barney Kess
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FRED ASTAIRE The Astaire Story RARE 1978 3LPs Box Set w/ Booklet-NM vinyl
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The Astaire Story track list

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1.Isn't This a Lovely Day?
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2.Puttin' on the Ritz
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3.I Used to Be Color Blind
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4.Continental
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5.Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
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6.Change Partners
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7.'S Wonderful
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8.Lovely to Look At
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9.They All Laughed
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10.Cheek to Cheek
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11.Steppin' Out with My Baby
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12.Way You Look Tonight
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13.I've Got My Eyes on You
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14.Dancing in the Dark
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15.Carioca
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16.Nice Work If You Can Get It
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17.New Sun in the Sky
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18.I Won't Dance
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19.Fast Dances [Ad Lib]
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20.Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
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21.No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
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22.I Concentrate on You
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23.I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
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24.Fine Romance
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25.Night and Day
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26.Fascinating Rhythm
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27.I Love Louisa
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28.Slow Dances [Ad Lib]
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29.Medium Dances [Ad Lib]
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30.They Can't Take That Away from Me
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31.You're Easy to Dance With
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32.Needle in a Haystack
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33.So Near and Yet So Far
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34.Foggy Day
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35.Oh, Lady Be Good
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36.I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown
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37.Not My Girl
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38.Jam Session [Instrumental]
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The Astaire Story rankings

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All 3 charts that this album appears in:

YearSourceChartRankRank Score
2013guigs13Top 24 Music Albums of the 1950s13/2410
2013guigs13Top 27 Greatest Music Albums14/2752
2010SchwahTop 50 Greatest Music Albums34/5034
Total Charts:   The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 3
Total Rank Score:   The total rank score. 96

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The Astaire Story ratings

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72/100 (from 8 votes)
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60/100
03/09/2013 16:28
70/100
 
70/100
02/26/2013 23:04
81/100
 
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From guigs13 02/26/2013 23:09
A nice testamente to the great Fred Astaire, but it's awfully too long and with some unnecessary parts.
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From LaPrattSpot 07/03/2012 17:37
Lots of standards that have been performed better....Dude needs to stick to movies and dancing.
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