Never Gonna Dance (song)
"Never Gonna Dance" is a song performed by Fred Astaire and danced with Ginger Rogers in their movie "Swing Time".
The lyrics were written by Dorothy Fields and the music was by Jerome Kern.
This dramatic dance was performed at the end of the movie after John 'Lucky' Garnett (Astaire) finds out Penelope 'Penny' Carroll (Rogers) is engaged to Ricardo 'Ricky' Romero (played by Georges Metaxa).
This is a dance of desperation, despair and love.
It starts slowly, Lucky not wanting Penny to leave.
As she is walking up the stairs, he begins his serenade to her in hopes that she will understand how heartbroken he is over losing her.
After he is done singing, he tries to win her back one more time dancing.
So, elegantly and desperately, he pulls out all the stops, hoping to change her mind.
At first, the dance is slow and somber, but eventually the pace and tempo pick up, and Lucky and Penny seem to be together again.
However, in the final movement, Penny twirls out of the room and doesn't come back, leaving Lucky standing there forlorn.
Fred Astaire recorded the song commercially (Brunswick 7718) and it proved popular.
Other recordings in 1936 were by Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra, Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm, and by Ruby Newman Rainbow Room Orchestra.
O Valencia!
" O Valencia!" is the fifth single by the indie rock band
The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album," The Crane Wife".
The music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy.
It tells a story of two star- crossed lovers.
The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang.
At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother( the singer's" sworn enemy") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.
Remind Me (Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern song)
" Remind Me" is a 1940 song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields.
It was written for the movie musical" One Night in the Tropics"( 1940), where it was introduced by Peggy Moran( who was dubbed by an unknown singer).
The film, which marked the movie debut of Abbott and Costello, was widely regarded as a flop and the song" Remind Me" was virtually thrown away in an early scene.
Only one commercial recording in 1940 can be traced and that was the one by Leo Reisman and his Orchestra( Victor 27237).
It was not a hit.
The song was revived in the late 1940s by Mabel Mercer who used it in her nightclub act and it has subsequently been included by a number of prominent singers in their albums.
The song was included in the 1986 Broadway musical revue" Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood".
It was also used in the stage musical" Never Gonna Dance" which opened on Broadway in 2003 when it was sung by Nancy Lemenager and Noah Racey.
Never Gonna Fall
" Never Gonna Fall" is a song recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield for her 1997 eponymous album.
It was written by Stansfield and Ian Devaney, and produced by Devaney and Peter Mokran.
The song received favorable reviews from music critics.
The promotional single was released in the United States on 27 October 1997 and included remixes created by two prominent US producers: Junior Vasquez and Victor Calderone.
In December 1997, it topped the" Billboard" s
Hot Dance Club Songs for two weeks and became Stansfield's sixth song to reach number one on this chart and third from" Lisa Stansfield" to do so.
Stansfield performed" Never Gonna Fall" live on" The Rosie O'Donnell Show".
In January 1998, the song was released as a promotional single in Spain.
In June 1998, two remixes of" Never Gonna Fall" were included on" The Remix Album".
The song was also featured on the US edition of( 2003) and Junior Vasquez Mix was added to the European bonus CD of this album.
In 2014," Never Gonna Fall"( Junior's Return To 27th& 10th Anthem) was included on the deluxe 2 CD+ DVD re-release of" Lisa Stansfield".
Additional previously unreleased Wyclef Remix was featured on" People Hold On ... The Remix Anthology"( 2014).
Both remixes were also featured on" The Collection 1989 – 2003" in 2014.
Rick Astley
Richard Paul Astley( born 6 February 1966) is an English singer, songwriter and radio personality.
He rose to fame through his association with the production trio Stock Aitken Waterman and his 1987 recording of their song" Never Gonna Give You Up" was a number 1 hit single in 25 countries, winning the 1988 Brit Award for Best British Single.
By the time of his retirement in 1993, Astley had sold approximately 40 million records worldwide.
Astley made a comeback in 2007, becoming an Internet phenomenon when the music video for" Never Gonna Give You Up" became integral to the meme known as" rickrolling".
Astley was voted" Best Act Ever" by Internet users at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, and his 2016 album" 50" debuted in the UK at No. 1.
He is also an occasional guest vocalist at concerts by the American rock band Foo Fighters.
Billy Milano
Billy Milano is a Bronx- born heavy metal musician now based in Austin, Texas.
He is the singer and- occasionally- guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and he was also the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death.
He was also the singer of United Forces, which also featured his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker.
Kristian Leontiou
Kristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is a British singer of Greek Cypriot descent, and is the singer for the indie rock band One eskimO.
Bernie Bonvoisin
Bernard Bonvoisin, known as Bernie Bonvoisin( born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts- de- Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director.
He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.
He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/ DC and together they recorded the song" Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and television presenter.
He is widely considered the most influential dancer in the history of film.
His stage and subsequent film and television careers spanned a total of 76 years.
He starred in more than 10 Broadway and West End musicals, made 31 musical films, four television specials, and issued numerous recordings.
As a dancer, his most outstanding traits were his uncanny sense of rhythm, his perfectionism, and his innovation.
His most memorable dancing partnership was with Ginger Rogers, with whom he co-starred in a series of ten Hollywood musicals.
The American Film Institute named Astaire the fifth greatest male star of Classic Hollywood cinema in 100 Years... 100 Stars.
Gene Kelly, another renowned star of filmed dance, said that "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire."
Later, he asserted that Astaire was "the only one of today's dancers who will be remembered.
" Beyond film and television, many dancers and choreographers, including Rudolf Nureyev, Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Jackson, Gregory Hines, Mikhail Baryshnikov, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Madhuri Dixit, and Bob Fosse, who called Astaire his "idol", also acknowledged his influence.
Caspar Babypants
Caspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also widely known as the singer of The Presidents of the United States of America.

Question: What nationality is the performer of song Never Gonna Dance (Song)?
Answer: American