Fred Astaire
USA
Born: 10 May 1899
Died: 22 June 1987
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80
Genres: Vocal, Stage & Screen, Jazz
Styles: Show Tunes, Cast Recordings, Cast Recordings, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards, Standards, Hard Bop, Vocal Jazz
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Dancer, actor, and singer Fred Astaire worked steadily in various entertainment media during nine decades of the 20th century. The most celebrated dancer in the history of film, with appearances in 31 movie musicals between 1933 and 1968 (and a special Academy Award in recognition of his accomplishments in them), Astaire also danced on-stage and on television (garnering two Emmy Awards in the process), and he even treated listening audiences to his accomplished tap dancing on records and on his own radio series. He appeared in another eight non...
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