Fred Astaire was born on this date in 1899. From "Holiday Inn" (1942), Astaire's brilliantly percussive tap routine to Irving Berlin's "Let's Say It With Firecrackers/Song of Freedom." Bob Fosse said Astaire in this number was "an incredible drummer": www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lxl...
youtube.comFred Astaire "Say It With Firecrackers"YouTube video by Julia Scrive-Loyer