Fred Astaire 125 -- May 10, 2024

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Fred Astaire was born 125 years ago today, on 10-May-1899. I'm not a major fan of musicals, but I love watching Fred Astaire and his various partners, including Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, a hatrack and especially Ginger Rogers. 

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I wanted to be this cool and elegant, but I could never manage it. 

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I couldn't do this, either.

Cole Porter 125 -- June 9, 2016

Great American composer  and lyricist Cole Porter was born 125 years ago today, on 09-June-1891.  I have heard his music all my life. 

 

Ginger Rogers 100 -- July 16, 2011

Everyone knew Ginger Rogers could dance. I admire the way she worked hard to prove that she could also act. I was never a big fan of musicals, except for two kinds in which she appeared, Warner Brothers' Busby Berkeleys and RKO's teaming her with Fred Astaire. It is a wonderful moment in Gold Diggers of 1933 when she sings "We're in the Money." All of her dances with Fred Astaire are hypnotizing, even though the stories told in the movies are often lacking. The Major and the Minor is a family favorite.