Steppin' Out with My Baby

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"Steppin' Out with My Baby" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin and introduced in the 1948 musical film Easter Parade.[1] There it was sung by Fred Astaire as part of a dance number involving Astaire on stairs and three different dance partners.[1]

Tony Bennett recordings

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Since "Easter Parade", the song has been recorded and performed by several artists, most notably Tony Bennett, in whose treatment it has become a jazz standard.[2] Introduced as the title song on his 1993 Astaire-themed album Steppin' Out, a stylish music video for it garnered some MTV airplay and was part of Bennett's commercial resurgence at the time.[3] One such performance was included on his high-selling 1994 MTV Unplugged album.[4] Later Bennett recorded it as bonus tracks duets with Michael Bublé and Delta Goodrem for his 2006 Duets: An American Classic album; performed it three times with Christina Aguilera on his NBC special An American Classic, Saturday Night Live, and the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007; and in 2011 with Haley Reinhart in the finale show of American Idol season 10. Aguilera and Bennett's version was nominated in 2008 50th Annual Grammy Awards in the category Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Bennett continued to perform the song until his retirement in 2021, at the age of 95.

Other recordings

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References

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  1. ^ a b Decker, Todd (2011). Music Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz. University of California Press. p. 249. ISBN 9780520950061.
  2. ^ Morath, Max (2002). The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards. Penguin. ISBN 9781101203118.
  3. ^ Blum, David (August 22, 1994). "The Cooling of Tony Bennett". New York. p. 40.
  4. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Tony Bennett: MTV Unplugged". Allmusic. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
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  7. ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "www.imdb.com". imdb.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.