''Steppin' Out'' is an album by

Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, ...

released in 1993. A tribute to

Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz, May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, actor, singer, musician, choreographer, and presenter, whose career in stage, film, and television spanned 76 years. He is widely regarded as the "g ...

, the album continued Bennett's commercial comeback; like the previous year's ''

Perfectly Frank ''Perfectly Frank'' is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1992 and recorded as a tribute to his longtime friend Frank Sinatra. The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in the issue dated October 3, 1992, and remained on the album c ...

'', it achieved

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status in the United States. In 1994, it won the

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for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. A music video for "

Steppin' Out with My Baby "Steppin' Out with My Baby" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin and introduced in the 1948 musical film ''Easter Parade''. There it was sung by Fred Astaire as part of a dance number involving Astaire on stairs and three different dance pa ...

" received airplay on

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. On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled ''The Complete Collection''.

Track listing

# "

" (

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Acade ...

) – 2:53 # " Who Cares?" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...

Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the ...

) – 3:17 # " Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" (Berlin) – 2:38 # " They Can't Take That Away from Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:36 # " Dancing in the Dark" (

Howard Dietz Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz. According to historian Stanley Green, Dietz and Schwartz were "most cl ...

Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz. Biography Early life Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New ...

) – 3:23 # "A Shine on Your Shoes" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:22 # "

He Loves and She Loves "He Loves and She Loves" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin. It replaced the song "How Long Has This Been Going On?" in the Broadway musical ''Funny Face''. It was introduced by Adele Astaire and Allen K ...

" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:30 # "

They All Laughed ''They All Laughed'' is a 1981 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Ben Gazzara, Audrey Hepburn, John Ritter, Colleen Camp, Patti Hansen, and Dorothy Stratten. The film was based on a screenplay by Bogdanov ...

" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 2:14 # " I Concentrate on You" (

Cole Porter Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became Standard (music), standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadway the ...

) – 3:03 # " You're All The World to Me" (

Burton Lane Burton Lane ( Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores. His most popular and successful works include '' Finian's Rainbow'' in 1947 and '' On a Clear Day Yo ...

Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre bot ...

) – 3:08 # " All of You" (Porter) – 3:35 # " Nice Work If You Can Get It" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:51 # "It Only Happens When I Dance With You" (Berlin) – 2:11 # "Shall We Dance?" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 1:33 # "You're Easy to Dance With"/" Change Partners"/"

Cheek to Cheek "Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin in 1934–35, specifically for Fred Astaire, the star of his new musical, ''Top Hat'', co-starring Ginger Rogers.

" (Berlin) – 4:38 # " I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:46 # "

That's Entertainment! ''That's Entertainment!'' is a 1974 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate the studio's 50th anniversary. The success of the retrospective prompted a 1976 sequel, the related 1985 film ''That's Dancing!'', and ...

" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:01 # " By Myself" (Dietz, Schwartz) – 2:09

Personnel

– vocals *

Ralph Sharon Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances. Biography Ralph Sharon was bo ...

– piano * Doug Richeson – double bass * Clayton Cameron – drums

References

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