Cheek to Cheek
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"'''Cheek to Cheek'''" is a song written by [[Irving Berlin]], and first performed by [[Fred Astaire]] in the movie ''[[Top Hat]]'' (1935). His 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]] in [[2000]].
The song is probably most famous for its opening lines, "Heaven, I'm in heaven, and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak..." and quickly became a standard of the [[Great American Songbook]].
The song, as sung by Astaire, and separately by Fitzgerald, is featured in the movie ''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''. It is sung by [[Kenneth Branagh]] in ''[[Love's Labour's Lost (2000 movie)|Love's Labour's Lost]]''. The original Astaire version is also featured in ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'', ''[[Rain Man]]'' and ''[[The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'' when ''Top Hat'' is being viewed.
==Recorded versions==
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*[[Larry Adler]]
*[[Ambrose]]
*[[Julie Andrews]]
*[[Ray Anthony]]
*[[Louis Armstrong]]
*[[Fred Astaire]] (1935 #1 hit)
*[[Chet Atkins]]
*[[Count Basie]]
*[[Tony Bennett]] - ''[[Bennett/Berlin]]'' (1987)
*[[Polly Bergen]]
*[[Irving Berlin]]
*[[Stanley Black]]
*[[Pat Boone]]
*[[Boswell Sisters]]
*[[Connee Boswell]]
*[[Sam Browne]]
*[[Charlie Byrd]]
*[[Carmen Cavallaro]]
*[[Eva Cassidy]]
*[[June Christy]]
*[[Rosemary Clooney]]
*[[Alma Cogan]]
*[[Ken Collyer]]
*[[Desi Arnaz]]
*[[Ray Conniff]]
*[[Taco Ockerse|Taco]]
*[[Bing Crosby]]
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*[[Vic Damone]]
*[[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
*[[Doris Day]]
*[[Buddy DeFranco]]
*[[Tommy Dorsey]]
*[[Roy Eldridge]]
*[[Ziggy Elman]]
*[[Eddie Fisher (singer)|Eddie Fisher]]
*[[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*[[Erroll Garner]]
*[[Sara Gazarek]]
*[[Carroll Gibbons]]
*[[Benny Goodman]]
*[[Stephane Grappelli]]
*[[Buddy Greco]]
*[[Roy Hamilton]]
*[[Dick Haymes]]
*[[Billie Holiday]]
*[[Marilyn Horne]]
*[[Harry James]]
*[[Joni James]]
*[[Al Jolson]]
*[[Shirley Jones]]
*[[Steve Lawrence]]
*[[Peggy Lee]]
*[[Guy Lombardo]]
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*[[Sanjaya Malakar]]
*[[Billy May]]
*[[Susannah McCorkle]]
*[[Sir]] [[Yehudi Menuhin]]
*[[Glenn Miller]]
*[[Jane Monheit]]
*[[Matt Monro]]
*[[Sara Montiel]]
*[[Red Norvo]]
*[[otmarmusik st. gallen]]
*[[Pasadena Roof Orchestra]]
*[[Joe Pass]]
*[[Donald Peers]]
*[[Oscar Peterson]]
*[[Louis Prima]]
*[[Regine]]
*[[Rosie Ribbons]]
*[[Buddy Rich]]
*[[Ginger Rogers]]
*[[George Shearing]]
*[[Frank Sinatra]]
*[[Lew Stone]]
*[[Mel Tormé]]
*[[Sarah Vaughan]]
*[[Teddy Wilson]]
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"Cheek to Cheek" is also the name of a different song recorded in 2007 by the Swedish rock band [[Sahara Hotnights]] and another released in 2002 by the band [[The Starting Line]].
==References in present pop culture==
* In an episode of ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'', Arthur's puppy, Pal day-dreams of eating bacon and sings a parody of the song, imagining eating the bacon, "cheek-to-cheek".
*In [[Family Guy]]'s "[[The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou]]", Brian and Stewie dance to this song.
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[[Category:Songs by Irving Berlin]]
[[Category:Fred Astaire songs]]
[[Category:Ella Fitzgerald songs]]
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