Change Partners
| Change Partners | |
|---|---|
| publication | 1938 |
| length | 3:06 |
| Genre (s) | Movie title |
| music | Irving Berlin |
| Award (s) | Oscar nomination in 1939 as "Best Song" |
| album | Soundtrack from Carefree |
| Cover versions | |
| 1938 | Ozzie Nelson |
| 1938 | Jimmy Dorsey |
| 1958 | Ella Fitzgerald |
| 1960 | Sammy Davis Junior |
| 1968 | Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim |
| 1971 | Bjorn Skifs |
| 1983 | Andy Williams |
| 1994 | Renato Russo |
| 1999 | Harry Connick Jr. |
| 2007 | Kurt Elling |
Change Partners is a song from the soundtrack of the musical carefree by Dr. Flagg - Carefree . The song was composed and written by Irving Berlin . It is sung by Fred Astaire in the film . In the song, the singer asks a woman if she always has to dance with the same man, as she has done all evening, and asks her to dance with him once and even offers to have the previous dance partner called on the phone, to lure him away from the woman. The singer is certain that the woman may never want to dance with another partner once she has been on the dance floor with him ( "then / you may never want to change partners again" ).
As early as 1938, the song was recorded by Larry Clinton , Jimmy Dorsey , Bunny Berigan , Eddie Carroll, Jan Savitt , Glenn Miller and in 1941 in Germany by Charlie and His Orchestra . There are various other cover versions of the title, including by Herb Geller , Tommy Flanagan , Charlie Byrd , Yehudi Menuhin and Stéphane Grappelli . Tom Lord lists a total of 116 versions of the song in the field of jazz.
Awards
In 1938, in the version by Fred Astaire, Change Partners was at number 1 on the US Billboard charts for eight weeks and was at the fore in other hit parades of the 1930s.
In the 100 top songs of 1938 is Change Partners
- a) with 152 points (out of a possible 200) in the version by Jimmy Dorsey in 14th place,
- b) with 150 points (in the version by Fred Astaire ) in 19th place,
- c) with 95 points (in the version by Ozzie Nelson ) in 84th place.
At the Academy Awards in 1939 , Irving Berlin was nominated for “Best Song” with his song Change Partners , along with other nominations . However, the honor of winning went to Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin for their song Thanks for the Memory , written for the film The Big Broadcast of 1938 .
Web links
- Carefree film clips at TCM - Turner Classic Movies (English)
- Change Partners at guitarparty.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim Change Partners , Frank Sinatra sings (English). Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ↑ Change Partners from Carefree Fred Astaire sings for Ginger Rogers (English). Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Fred Astaire sings Change Partners , 1938 . Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Change Partners See lyrics on metrolyrics.com
- ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 10, 2014)
- ↑ 23 other versions of Change Partners listed at secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
- ↑ Songs from the Year 1938 at tsort.info (English). Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ↑ Top Songs of 1938 at musicvf.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.