I agree 100%, but this video is a trifecta of sheer excellence. The song written by Irving Berlin is poetry in its purest sense. And Fred Astaire... My goodness... just watch his feet... its pure magic!
oMg I lOvE tHe OlD dAyS tHeY wErE bEtTeR tHaN tOdAy No they're weren't, shut up. There was more sexism, violence, racism and a lot of other issues in this time period that you do not want to live trough.
@@sonicpopcorn1066 Where the hell did I say everything about the past was perfect? I was talking about the class and style of yesterday's Hollywood performers, NOT about "all facets of society in general". Sheesh!
And a few of them can. Talent didn't stop just because we got old. Those people were incredibly talented, but so are some of our current performers. Joe Bonamassa (musician), Beth Hart (singer), and Maddie Ziegler (dancer) come to mind.
There's just no words to describe how smooth he sounds and how cool this clip is. Interesting how advertisers are going back to the 1950s for music to add to their commercials these days.
Even though this song was before my time. It was truly a masterpiece beautifully written & the Allstate commercial brought me here thanks to mr nat king cole for this beautiful song.
I cant believe what I just heard and saw on my screen,Fred dancing with some great dances,and Nat Cole singing to a great arrangement by Billy May.Quite outstanding.
This is just superlative in every way. It doesn't get better than Nat Cole singing a great arrangement of a Berlin masterpiece. Fred Astaire once owned that his favourite dance partner was Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Cansino from a family of great dancers. This video just explodes with talent! God, I miss the days when we were offered talent and art instead of flash and hype.
Astaire and Hayworth (with cameos by E. Powell and G. Rogers) dancing to a soundtrack sung by Nat Cole, on the swinging musical bed of Billy May's arrangement of my all-time favorite Irving Berlin tune. Sometimes, I'm simply proud to be a member of the same species that can produce talents like these. (All compliments to whomever put this montage together, and synched it so perfectly with the music.)
y’all don’t know how happy i am that advertisements are starting to use this type of music in their commercials, i get so much joy listening to even just a 30 second clip of this.
Fred Astaire was a truly brilliant choreographer and his entire intention was that whoever he danced with should look as good as he did. He was a simply unparalled dancer, just as Nat was a wonderful singer with a heavenly voice. The combination is a complete joy, and watching and listening is a pleasure and a privilege
I heard my granddaughters arguing and went in changed to Amazon. Put on some Nat King Cole, and guess what? They got quiet 🤫 and listened to His music for an hour before falling asleep & taking a nap 😴. They were so pleasant When they woke I couldn’t believe it. This is why they Love ❤️ Me Grandma To this DAY. TRY IT. DO NOT SAY ANYTHING JUST DO IT!
The orchestration that backs Nat Cole's singing here is similar to the many different ways I'd heard this song sung most of my life from the fifties until now - and I did not realize until I saw it performed as it was originally intended in a 1936 film, "Follow the Fleet," with Astaire and Rogers, how dark and tragic Irving Berlin originally intended it. It precedes a dance performance in which Astaire and Rogers portray two people who meet quite by accident on the roof of a gambling joint. Both are up there because they intend to commit suicide - he, by gunshot and she by hurling herself from the roof. Fred is about to put a gun to his head, when he spies Ginger about to jump. He instinctively runs over and catches her just in time. At first, he tries to cheer her up, ruefully showing her his gun, that he'd been thinking about cashing his chips in, too. She reaches for the gun, but he tosses it from the roof, and she retreats inside herself again. He shows her his wallet and that it is empty. He's lost all of his money and with it all of his so-called friends, who have abandoned him and won't even speak to him, now. She ignores him. Seeing how lost she is in despair, he sings to her. When you hear those lyrics in this context, and the melancholia in Astaire's voice as he delivers them and the original meter of the song, I feel the dance that follows takes on an even deeper emotional context. It is a dance in which two people live out their final moments to the fullest and it builds to one of the grandest finales in movie dance history. Over the years the original intent and perhaps power of the song has been lost. Today, we just think of it as a great jazz song. But, oh, it was so much more.
Love Nat King Cole. My mom shared a story about my dad a man of few words didn't know how to express to my mom how he felt about her so he bought the record "unforgettable" to tell her what she meant to him. Dad's way of proposing. They're both with Jesus now. My dad in 1989 from cancer and my mom in 2020 at the age of 96. I miss them both but I'm so grateful for the memories. And all the stories my mom told me about her childhood and being a young adult. ❤❤
I needed something to lift my spirits - saturation point with UK and US politics. I've always liked Nat King Cole AND I used to go to Latin and Modern classes - Quick Stepping in my mind here. FYI Nat was firstly an accomplished jazz pianist but couldn't make the money that singing brought in.
Oh my God, listening and watching this video has made me realize that what we have for entertainment today is a whole lot of crap. Long live the Golden days of musicals and Westerns
+watchbywatch You familiar with Louie Prima? If not, you gotta check him out! Search for these songs, "When your Smilin'", "Angelina" & "Hey Boy, Hey Girl"...to start. You'll be, as they say, "cutting a rug"!!
Irving Berlin, un músico muy importante en la historia de la música popular, pilar de grandes Comedias Musicales, aquí cantado por Nat Cole , una versión clásica de "Escuchemos la música y bailemos" (Let´s face the music and dance), uno de los temas más famosos de Berlin.
Nat King Cole was the best, real talent that song real music. 🎶 The music that Frank S, Tony B, Dean M, Mel T, Sammy D, Andy W,, Perry C, Vic M, Brook B, Billy E, and more were all real singer and will never be forgotten.
There may be trouble ahead But while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance Before the fiddlers have fled Before they ask us to pay the bill And while we still have a chance Let's face the music and dance Soon, we'll be without the moon Humming a different tune and then There may be teardrops to shed So while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance, dance Let's face the music and dance There may be teardrops to shed So while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance, dance Let's face the music and dance So while there's moonlight and music And love and romance Let's face the music and dance
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Amazon commercial brought me to this classic gem.
Me 2
RIGHT?! SOOOOO GOOD!! That Opening 💜💜💜
me too :)
Yup
Me too😆
Dear Lord in Heaven, thank You thank You thank You for giving us Nat King Cole!!!!!
I agree 100%, but this video is a trifecta of sheer excellence. The song written by Irving Berlin is poetry in its purest sense. And Fred Astaire... My goodness... just watch his feet... its pure magic!
@@andrejackson8249 Berlin sung by Cole & danced to by Astaire? UNBEATABLE!
God, how I wish today's Hollywood and popular music had this kind of class and style. No more....
Agree wholeheartedly.
AMEN to that
@Ebony_Love_R_007 I hope not!!!!!!
oMg I lOvE tHe OlD dAyS tHeY wErE bEtTeR tHaN tOdAy
No they're weren't, shut up. There was more sexism, violence, racism and a lot of other issues in this time period that you do not want to live trough.
@@sonicpopcorn1066 Where the hell did I say everything about the past was perfect? I was talking about the class and style of yesterday's Hollywood performers, NOT about "all facets of society in general". Sheesh!
Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire what a great Combination.
A lot of the so called super talented now a days can't hold a match let alone a candle to Nat, Fred, Rita, Ginger, Frank, Dean, Elvis etc.
Al Bowlly
And a few of them can. Talent didn't stop just because we got old. Those people were incredibly talented, but so are some of our current performers.
Joe Bonamassa (musician), Beth Hart (singer), and Maddie Ziegler (dancer) come to mind.
@@TheBarkinFrog ummm... I don't follow a lot of the dancers now a days. One of best that can do the old style when she is asked is Paula Abdul.
Sammy Davis Jr is unmatched imo, but that's a damn fine list.
Elvis doesn't belong here, but Nat definitely belongs in front
One of the smoothest singers ever, perfectly paired with the smoothest of dancers ever!,
Nat was outstanding. That voice was amazing. His generation produced some major musical talent.
Definitely.. Spot on comment
Like Nat and Fred were GETTIN IT!
There's just no words to describe how smooth he sounds and how cool this clip is. Interesting how advertisers are going back to the 1950s for music to add to their commercials these days.
This song by Irving Berlin was written in 1936.
Love It !!!!!😊. Amazon prime, anyone ....
Awesome !!! 👍 When I heard this on the Amazon commercial, I immediately went to You Tube!!!!
The King, himself Nat
Me too! I’m sad to say since he was my grandmother’s all time favorite person and my first dance was to his music.😪♥️👏👏👏 Smoke gets in your eyes.
I just LOVE all these old songs and some people are just meant to sing them. He is one
Even though this song was before my time. It was truly a masterpiece beautifully written & the Allstate commercial brought me here thanks to mr nat king cole for this beautiful song.
Never gets old man I long for this generation
absolutely wonderful - a
golden age
I cant believe what I just heard and saw on my screen,Fred dancing with some great dances,and Nat Cole singing to a great arrangement by Billy May.Quite outstanding.
Billy May YAY!!!!!
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Simply wonderful!
After Amazon brought you here, check out his rendition of “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter”.
Ok
This is just superlative in every way. It doesn't get better than Nat Cole singing a great arrangement of a Berlin masterpiece. Fred Astaire once owned that his favourite dance partner was Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Cansino from a family of great dancers. This video just explodes with talent! God, I miss the days when we were offered talent and art instead of flash and hype.
There is still plenty of great talented actors today.
There was a sense of style and class back in these days. Makes me wish that America would return to being this way.
YOU be this way and start it again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@lawrencebailey3008 I will too!!!
Me too!!!
I absolutely love Nat KingCole, Fred Astaire. Just classy
Comercial brought me here!! And now I included in my favorites list 😊
I love love this song
Astaire and Hayworth (with cameos by E. Powell and G. Rogers) dancing to a soundtrack sung by Nat Cole, on the swinging musical bed of Billy May's arrangement of my all-time favorite Irving Berlin tune.
Sometimes, I'm simply proud to be a member of the same species that can produce talents like these.
(All compliments to whomever put this montage together, and synched it so perfectly with the music.)
Amen!
Boy did I enjoy that
Hayworth started as a dancer. She was great.
@@annettepora8091 Eleanor Powell is on a video celebrating Mr. Astaire!
@@phyllispetras2181 I think Eleanor Powell was the best female dancer back then. I loved that signature fast turn that she did.
This editing is beyond splendid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nat King Cole had THE smoothest voice- I always thought he was better than Sinatra
Commercial brought me here, and now I stay enjoying this beaut.
y’all don’t know how happy i am that advertisements are starting to use this type of music in their commercials, i get so much joy listening to even just a 30 second clip of this.
I know ive been playing it over and over..love the big band sound
Elvis?
Right
Thats what made me look it up to make sure it was Nat King Cole singing 🎶🎵🥰 on the commercial
Just love all these GREAT like MINDS🥰
Fred Astaire was a truly brilliant choreographer and his entire intention was that whoever he danced with should look as good as he did. He was a simply unparalled dancer, just as Nat was a wonderful singer with a heavenly voice. The combination is a complete joy, and watching and listening is a pleasure and a privilege
I heard my granddaughters arguing and went in changed to Amazon. Put on some Nat King Cole, and guess what? They got quiet 🤫 and listened to His music for an hour before falling asleep & taking a nap 😴. They were so pleasant When they woke I couldn’t believe it. This is why they Love ❤️ Me Grandma To this DAY. TRY IT.
DO NOT SAY ANYTHING JUST DO IT!
The orchestration that backs Nat Cole's singing here is similar to the many different ways I'd heard this song sung most of my life from the fifties until now - and I did not realize until I saw it performed as it was originally intended in a 1936 film, "Follow the Fleet," with Astaire and Rogers, how dark and tragic Irving Berlin originally intended it. It precedes a dance performance in which Astaire and Rogers portray two people who meet quite by accident on the roof of a gambling joint. Both are up there because they intend to commit suicide - he, by gunshot and she by hurling herself from the roof. Fred is about to put a gun to his head, when he spies Ginger about to jump. He instinctively runs over and catches her just in time. At first, he tries to cheer her up, ruefully showing her his gun, that he'd been thinking about cashing his chips in, too. She reaches for the gun, but he tosses it from the roof, and she retreats inside herself again. He shows her his wallet and that it is empty. He's lost all of his money and with it all of his so-called friends, who have abandoned him and won't even speak to him, now. She ignores him. Seeing how lost she is in despair, he sings to her. When you hear those lyrics in this context, and the melancholia in Astaire's voice as he delivers them and the original meter of the song, I feel the dance that follows takes on an even deeper emotional context. It is a dance in which two people live out their final moments to the fullest and it builds to one of the grandest finales in movie dance history. Over the years the original intent and perhaps power of the song has been lost. Today, we just think of it as a great jazz song. But, oh, it was so much more.
Damn, that's a good story.
Just watched Astaire/Roger's dance before coming here. Thanks for the info, it explains Ginger' demeanor perfectly.
I have read (or heard) that Irving Berlin said that nobody interpreted lyrics as well as Fred Astaire did.
@@rondaleroi For those movies Astaire was wonderful; his moves and voice were great visuals to romantic songs.
I wish I could have been alive in this time period
Not if you were black, unfortunately.
Black folks really was not treated equal back then.
majcpw yeah well that’s not my problem.
@@markbutler4178 Classy.
I wish I had been to! There’s not too many classy people anymore
No matter how hard we try we will never see this kind of talent again
Hopefully Rita is in a beautiful peaceful place that she always wanted. God Bless Rita and Nat.
Love Nat King Cole. My mom shared a story about my dad a man of few words didn't know how to express to my mom how he felt about her so he bought the record "unforgettable" to tell her what she meant to him. Dad's way of proposing. They're both with Jesus now. My dad in 1989 from cancer and my mom in 2020 at the age of 96.
I miss them both but I'm so grateful for the memories. And all the stories my mom told me about her childhood and being a young adult. ❤❤
I needed something to lift my spirits - saturation point with UK and US politics. I've always liked Nat King Cole AND I used to go to Latin and Modern classes - Quick Stepping in my mind here. FYI Nat was firstly an accomplished jazz pianist but couldn't make the money that singing brought in.
The 2021 Amazon delivery commercial brought me here . Nat King Cole your voice was a force of nature. Rest In Power !❤🖤💚✊🏾
Make America great again like this.🙌🏽😍❤️
I’ve been hearing the Prime commercial and it brought me to this gem
Pure CLASS!!!!
Me too the Amazon commercial I had to hear the whole song knew it was Nat king Cole he was really something
Fred Astiere was something else
Absolutely beautiful!
Terrific Irving Berlin!!!!!!!!!
Nat King Cole is one of the all time favorite musicians. Grew up listening to his music.
I love the way Nat King Cole sings this songs. It is on a TV ad in Connecticut
Amazon?
Me 2. Same thing with the Allstate commercial the Pet Shop Boys "I've got the money "
Fabulous!!!!!!
Amazon hit a home run with this add,I forgot how soultry Nat was talking about a kick a- - song not like garbage today....
Mr. Astair is part of why I went into dance.
Sorry about your bad luck!
Classic song
Sadly, I was born 2 decades too late. What an era. The greatest generation.
Same here. I was born in ‘68. Too late. What a great time that must have been!
2019 anyone
2020 love it.
Fabulous!
2020
2020 as well!
Heard this song on a commercial and clearly recognized the voice smooth as silk
Terrific editing!!!!
Oh my God, listening and watching this video has made me realize that what we have for entertainment today is a whole lot of crap. Long live the Golden days of musicals and Westerns
Damn...what a fantastic kickin'. arrangement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+watchbywatch You familiar with Louie Prima? If not, you gotta check him out! Search for these songs, "When your Smilin'", "Angelina" & "Hey Boy, Hey Girl"...to start. You'll be, as they say, "cutting a rug"!!
Irving Berlin, un músico muy importante en la historia de la música popular, pilar de grandes Comedias Musicales, aquí cantado por Nat Cole , una versión clásica de "Escuchemos la música y bailemos" (Let´s face the music and dance), uno de los temas más famosos de Berlin.
Im a huge Fred Astaire fan as well! nice post!
Chris Frazier Thank you very much Chris and greetings.
*Congratulations! You found the "Twenty Twelve" theme!*
Smooth has velvet.The ladies were so effeminate and gracious in those days.
LOL, sorry I like being independent!!
Annie Thanks a lot. Women like you have somewhat ruined it for a feminine women like me.
Love this
Had to hear it in it's entirety...thanks #Amazon
R I T A ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
i see the gorgeous rita hayworth here--great dancer!
Уникально и неповторимо!!!
No contest nat was the greatest singer of all time
Awesome!
That’s Nat doing that organ solo. He had some of the most fearsome keyboard chops of the swing era. It was a real loss when he passed away.
Love listening to Nat King Cole.
Can we get more swing dancing like this good stuff on the screen again? _Please?_
SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!!!
check out NKC love is a many splendid thing!
Pure Heaven💋👠👞
"AWESOMOCLES SPECTACULAR".
"This, my friends, can speak to a thousand generations".
Not another dancer like him in the world !
wanderley apparecido Vieira Sandman Williams. Some say he was better then Fred.
Love this
Amazon brought me here
Golden days for music
Amazon. Mad props...
Magical !!
Sheer style.
I like this
That footwork at 2:00 got me! 😃 Yeah, Fred could move! 👍🏾
Nat King Cole was the best, real talent that song real music. 🎶 The music that Frank S, Tony B, Dean M, Mel T, Sammy D, Andy W,, Perry C, Vic M, Brook B, Billy E, and more were all real singer and will never be forgotten.
Smooth dancer Fred Astaire, unique.☺
Rita Hayworth was so gorgeous.
Awesome!!!
Nat had a Beautiful, smooth voice! The music was Great and so was the dancing!
Nat King Cole one of the richest smooth voices ever, gorgeous 😍
I loved rita hayworth
THAT was entertainment! What p
joyeus pleasure it illistrate & gives!
1:01 that gal was the prettiest one in the whole video
There may be trouble ahead
But while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill
And while we still have a chance
Let's face the music and dance
Soon, we'll be without the moon
Humming a different tune and then
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance, dance
Let's face the music and dance
There may be teardrops to shed
So while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance, dance
Let's face the music and dance
So while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
Yes ,a lovely dance.
Rrrah!! love it!
Ct. Magnifique. Sue de beaux souvenirs !❤😂🎉😅
Nat King Cole has a brother named Freddy and I think he is what Nat would be had he still been living. YOU ALMOST CAN'T TELL THEIR VOICES APART
Dope song! 🙃😆😆😆😆😆
Twenty Twelve anyone?
Allied Dunbar (UK insurers who used this for their mid 1990s ads)
I need dance like this!
nice music
I thought that it was Nate singing. I Still know his voice.