Puttin’ On The Ritz (1946 Version)
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Puttin’ On The Ritz (1946 Version) by Fred Astaire
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To be “puttin' on the Ritz” means dressing up in expensive wear and hitting the town for a good time. ‘Ritz’ refers to a chain of upscale, expensive hotels owned by Ritz-Carlton.
Berlin originally wrote it about people from poor neighborhoods going out on the town for a good time (original lyrics r...
Puttin’ On The Ritz (1946 Version) Lyrics
[Intro]
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
[Verse 1]
Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air?
High hats and arrow collars
White spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime
For a wonderful time
[Chorus]
Now if you're blue
And you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the ritz
Different types who wear a day coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway coat
Perfect fits
Puttin' on the ritz
[Post-Chorus]
Dressed up like a million dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper, super duper
[Verse 2]
Come let's mix
Where Rockefellers walk with sticks
Or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the ritz
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Now if you're blue
And you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the ritz
Different types who wear a day coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway coat
Perfect fits
Puttin' on the ritz
[Post-Chorus]
Dressed up like a million dollar trouper
Trying mighty hard to look like super duper, Mister Cooper
[Verse 3]
Come, let's mix
Where Rockefellers walk with sticks
Or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the ritz
[Outro]
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin' on the ritz
Puttin’ On The Ritz (1946 Version) Q&A
Who wrote Puttin’ On The Ritz (1946 Version)'s ?
Puttin’ On The Ritz (1946 Version) was written by Irving Berlin.
These aren’t the original lyrics, which were racist.
With its inclusion in the 1940s film Blue Skies, It was then some of the lyrics were changed. Berlin originally wrote it about seeing people from poor neighborhoods dressing up to have a good time (original lyrics referenced Lenox Avenue in Harlem), but these revised lyrics refer to rich people dres...