(I've Got) Beginner's Luck | |
Published: | by Gershwin Publishing Corp., New York[1] |
Artist: | Fred Astaire |
B-Side: | They Can't Take That Away from Me |
Released: | April 1937[2] |
Recorded: | [3] |
Studio: | Los Angeles, California |
Genre: | Jazz, Pop Vocal |
Label: | Brunswick 7855 |
Composer: | George Gershwin |
Lyricist: | Ira Gershwin |
Prev Title: | Never Gonna Dance |
Prev Year: | 1936 |
Next Title: | They All Laughed |
Next Year: | 1937 |
"(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, it was introduced by Fred Astaire.[4] It is a brief comic tap solo with cane where Astaire's rehearsing to a record of the number is cut short when the record gets stuck.Astaire's commercial recording for Brunswick (No. 7855) was very popular in 1937.[5]