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Ginger and Fred's Dance Stats

Fred had 8 dance solos:

  1. "Music Makes Me" in FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
  2. "Don't Let It Bother You" in THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
  3. "A Needle in a Haystack" in THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
  4. "I Won't Dance" in ROBERTA (1935)
  5. "No Strings" in TOP HAT (1935)
  6. "Slap That Bass" in SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
  7. "Since They Turned 'Loch Lomond' Into Swing" in CAREFREE (1938)
  8. "Shoes With Wings On" in THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)

Fred had 6 dance numbers without Ginger but with a chorus:

  1. "Let's Begin" in ROBERTA (1935)
  2. "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" in TOP HAT (1935)
  3. "I'd Rather Lead a Band" in FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
  4. "Bojangles of Harlem" in SWING TIME (1936)
  5. "Shall We Dance" in SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
  6. "Hello, Hello. Who's Your Lady Friend?" in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)

Fred had 3 dance numbers with one or two (non-Ginger) dancers:

  1. "Orchids in the Moonlight" in FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
  2. "Let's Begin" in ROBERTA (1935)
  3. "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)

Ginger had 2 dance solos:

  1. "Let Yourself Go" (reprise) in FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
  2. "The Yama Yama Man" in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)

Fred and Ginger had 33 dances:

  • Aesthetic dance duets:
    1. "Night and Day" (Click here) in THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
    2. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" in ROBERTA (1935)
    3. "Cheek to Cheek" (Click here) in TOP HAT (1935)
    4. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Click here) in FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
    5. "Never Gonna Dance" in SWING TIME (1936)
    6. "Change Partners" in CAREFREE (1938)
    7. "I Used to Be Color Blind" in CAREFREE (1938)
    8. Waltz Medly in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
    9. "Only When You're In My Arms" in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
    10. "They Can't Take That Away From Me" in THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)

  • Tap and other dance duets:
    1. "I'll Be Hard to Handle" in ROBERTA (1935)
    2. "Isn't This a Lovely Day to be Caught in the Rain" in TOP HAT (1935)
    3. "Let Yourself Go" (Click here) in FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
    4. "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" in FOLLOW THE FLEET (1936)
    5. "Pick Yourself Up" (Click here) in SWING TIME (1936)
    6. "Waltz in Swing Time" in SWING TIME (1936)
    7. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" in SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
    8. "They All Laughed" in SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
    9. "The Yam" (Click here) in CAREFREE (1938)
    10. "King Chanticleer" in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
    11. "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
    12. "Too Much Mustard" in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
    13. Rise-to-Fame Montage in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
    14. Whirlwind Tour Medley in THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE (1939)
    15. "Bouncin' the Blues" in THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)
    16. "You'd Be Hard to Replace" (Click here ) in THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)
    17. "My One and Only Highland Fling" (Click here)in THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)

  • With a chorus:
    1. "The Carioca" in FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
    2. "The Continental" in THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
    3. "The Piccolino" in TOP HAT (1935)
    4. "Shall We Dance" in SHALL WE DANCE (1937)
    5. "Swing Trot" in THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)
    6. "Manhattan Downbeat" in THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)

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