The Continental
~ Recording by Fred Astaire
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | The Continental | 3:28 | Fred Astaire | The Astaire Story | Fred Astaire | Album |
| Clef Records, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | MGC 1001/4 |
| 1.4 | The Continental | 3:31 | Fred Astaire | The Astaire Story | Fred Astaire | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 835 649-2 |
| 1.13 | The Continental | 3:32 | Fred Astaire | Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings | Fred Astaire | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | 314 523 006-2 |
| 1.13 | The Continental | 3:32 | Fred Astaire | Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings | Fred Astaire | Album + Compilation |
| Verve Reissues | |
| 1.1 | The Continental | 3:32 | Fred Astaire | The Envelope Please...: Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 1 (1934-1945) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71868 |
| 2.4 | The Continental | 3:31 | Fred Astaire | Autumn Leaves: The Best Male Jazz Vocals | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | VERVE 068 092-2 |
| 1.10 | The Continental | 3:32 | Fred Astaire | Fred Astaire’s Finest Hour | Fred Astaire | Album + Compilation |
| Verge | B0000524-02 |
| 1.4 | The Continental | 3:31 | Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire | Complete Norman Granz Sessions | Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire | Album + Compilation |
| The Jazz Factory | JFCD 22877 |
| 1.2 | The Continental | 3:27 | Fred Astaire | Hooray for Hollywood | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DYN 3925 | |
| 1.10 | The Continental | 3:32 | Fred Astaire | El momento | Fred Astaire | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | |
| 2.19 | The Continental | 3:27 | Fred Astaire | The Essential Collection | Fred Astaire | Album + Compilation |
| Primo | PRMCD 6101 |
| 1.13 | The Continental | 3:31 | Fred Astaire | Coleção Folha grandes vozes, Volume 4: Fred Astaire | Fred Astaire | Album + Compilation |
| Folha de S. Paulo | ISBN 978-85-7949-076-7 |
| 1.4 | The Continental | 3:31 | Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire | The Astaire Story | Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire | Album |
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| 1.5 | The Continental | 3:29 | Fred Astaire | The Astaire Story | Fred Astaire | Album |
| Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels) | |
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| 1.4 | The Continental | 3:31 | Fred Astaire | Jazz Time (disc 1) | Fred Astaire | Album | |||
Relationships
| recorded in: | Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1952-12) |
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| producer: | Norman Granz |
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| bass guitar: | Ray Brown (jazz bassist) |
| double bass: | Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (in 1952-12) |
| drums (drum set): | Alvin Stoller (in 1952-12) |
| guitar: | Barney Kessel (in 1952-12) |
| piano: | Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (in 1952-12) |
| tenor saxophone: | Flip Phillips (in 1952-12) |
| trumpet: | Charlie Shavers (in 1952-12) |
| vocals: | Fred Astaire (in 1952-12) |
| recording of: | The Continental (from the 1934 film "The Gay Divorcee") (cover) The Continental (from the 1934 film "The Gay Divorcee") (in 1952-12) |
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Related works
The Continental (from the 1934 film "The Gay Divorcee")
| lyricist: | Herb Magidson (in 1934) |
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| composer: | Con Conrad (songwriter and producer) (in 1934) |
| publisher: | Harms, Inc. Magidson Music, Inc. The Songwriters Guild Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) |
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| later translated versions: | Continental (du film "Joyeuse Divorcée") Continental Zaubermusik (Ich küss dich beim Tanzen) |
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