"Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ...

The music was written by George Gershwin, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was published in 1924. George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer who wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See also: 1923 in music, other events of 1924, 1925 in music and the list of years in music. // Events October 17 - Leos Janaceks String Quartet No. ...

It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards (known as "Ukulele Ike") in the Broadway musical Lady Be Good. Edwards also recorded the song in 1928. Cliff Edwards (14 June 1895 – 17 July 1971), also known as Ukelele Ike, was an American singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, and also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career. ... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... For the aircraft of this name, see Lady be Good (aircraft). ... See also: 1927 in music, other events of 1928, 1929 in music and the list of years in music. // Events April 27 - Igor Stravinskys ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 - Leos Janaceks String Quartet No. ...

A large number of recorded versions exist. One of the rarest recordings is one by Joe Bari (a pseudonym of Anthony Dominick Benedetto, better known as Tony Bennett) for Leslie Records in 1949 and issued as catalog number 919 with "Vieni Qui" as the flip side. Tony Bennett, 2000 Tony Bennetts heart, left in San Francisco Tony Bennett (born August 3, 1926) is an American popular music, standards, and jazz singer who is widely considered to be one of the best interpretative singers in these genres. ... See also: 1948 in music, other events of 1949, 1950 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Mitch Miller begins his career as one of the 20th centurys most successful record producers at Mercury Eddie Fisher signs with RCA Bob Hope suggests that Anthony Benedetto change...

External link: Newly discovered — Tony's first single under the name of Joe Bari!

Recorded versions

• Maxene Andrews
• Adele Astaire
• Fred Astaire
• Tony Bennett (1949, as Joe Bari)
• Georgia Brown,
• The Carpenters
• Petula Clark
• Rosemary Clooney
• Xavier Cugat
• Vic Damone
• Tommy Dorsey
• Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards
• Les Elgart
• Percy Faith
• Michael Feinstein
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Wayne Fontana
• The Four Tops
• Judy Garland
• George Gershwin
• Jack Gibbons
• Benny Goodman
• Stephane Grappelli
• Ted Heath
• The Hi-Lo's
• Earl Hines
• Dick Hyman
• Salena Jones
• Stan Kenton
• Lee Konitz
• André Kostelanetz
• Cleo Laine
• Enoch Light
• Herbie Mann
• Billy May
• Susannah McCorkle
• Maureen McGovern
• Red Norvo
• Virginia O'Brien
• Art Pepper
• Oscar Peterson
• John Pizzarelli
• André Previn
• Buddy Rich
• George Shearing
• Stuff Smith
• The Spinners
• Claude Thornhill
• Mel Tormé
• Caterina Valente
• Sarah Vaughan
• Paul Whiteman

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