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‘PUTTING ON THE RITZ’ PT. DEUX

Yesterday I posted the history of the lyric of Irving Berlin’s immortal ‘Putting On The Ritz’. Written in 1929, the original lyric had strong racist overtones which were removed when Berlin rewrote the song for the Fred Astaire vehicle ‘Blue Skies’ (1946). Before that, though, Clark Gable performed the song

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February 13, 2024 No Comments

‘PUTTING ON THE RITZ’–THE PRE-CODE VERSION

‘Putting On The Ritz’ was written by Irving Berlin in May 1927 and first published on December 2, 1929.   It was introduced by Harry Richman and chorus in the musical film ‘Putting On The Ritz’ (1930). I’ve posted a clip of that notoriously awful musical performance above–more about that in a minute. According to The

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