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Cheek To Cheek

Artist: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Album: Ella and Louis

Song Length: 5:54

George's Thoughts: While Doris Day and Frank Sinatra have both done an impressive job of this song, I just love the combination of Ella Fitzgerald's buttery smooth voice and the roughness of Louis Armstrong. Delightful. A little too fast for competition, but can be slowed down by DJs to regulation 30bpm tempo.

Song Lyrics:

Heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek
Heaven, I'm in heaven
And the cares that hung around me through the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing (swinging) cheek to cheek
Oh I love to climb a mountain
And reach the highest peak
But it doesn't thrill (boot) me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek
Oh I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek
(Come on and) Dance with me
I want my arm(s) about you
That (Those) charm(s) about you
Will carry me through...
(Right up) To heaven, I'm in heaven
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing,
out together dancing (swinging)
Out together dancing cheek to cheek