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Erroll Garner
Cheek to Cheek
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The Ella and Louis duet gets all the attention, but Erroll Garner got to Berlin's song first, the same year. Play his, then theirs, and hear what got handed down.
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Liner notes
Written by Irving Berlin.
First recorded by Erroll Garner in 1956.
Also recorded by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (1956), Ella Fitzgerald (1958), Frank Sinatra (1959), Oscar Peterson (1959).
How you get here
Everyone knows Ella and Louis singing Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek." Who made the first recording of it, before that famous duet?Erroll Garner
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