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The song title refers to theformal wear required on a party invitation:top hat,white tie, and atailcoat. Popular recordings in 1935 were by Fred Astaire and byRay Noble and his Orchestra (vocal byAl Bowlly and The Freshmen).^[1]

Other notable recordings

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The Boswell Sisters recorded the song on October 8, 1935 for Decca Records.^[2]
Carroll Gibbons with theSavoy Orpheans (1935)^[3]
Fred Astaire included the song in the albumThe Astaire Story (1952)^[4]
Mel Tormé included the song in the albumMel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire (1956)^[5]
Louis Armstrong - for his albumLouis Under the Stars (1958)^[6]
Ella Fitzgerald –Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook (1958)^[7]
Fred Astaire recorded the song again in 1975 and it can be found on the albumThe Complete London Sessions.^[8]
Tony Bennett -Steppin' Out (1993)^[9]
Cherry Poppin' Daddies –The Boop-A-Doo (2016)^[10]

Other appearances

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The popular Norwegianmeteorologist Kristian Trægde sang the song (and step-danced to it) on the TV showSkjemtegauken, in 1968.^[11]
In 1977ballet dancerRudolf Nureyev sang the song onThe Muppet Show, complete with tap dancing.^[12]
In Episode 1 of the ninth season ofM*A*S*H, "The Best of Enemies", the character Hawykeye is singing "Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails" in the first scene.
In a 1981SCTV television skit, "Al's Sanitone Drycleaning",Eugene Levy sings the song and tap dances as he promotes the fictional company in a mock commercial.^[13]
In the 1995 filmBatman Forever, the characterEdward Nygma sings a brief parody of "Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails" using the lyrics "I'm, sucking up your I.Q., vacuuming your cortex, feeding off your brain!"^[14]
Jim Carrey also parodied the song at the69th Academy Awards when referring toDirt Devil vacuum commercials featuring Fred Astaire footage: "I'm, sucking up the lint balls, getting in the corners, dump it out the back!"

References

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^Whitburn, Joel (1986).Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 598.ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^"The Boswell Sisters Discography".guymcafee.com. RetrievedMarch 30, 2020.
^"Carroll Gibbons - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails".YouTube. September 2, 2015.
^"The Astaire Story, Vol.1-2 - Fred Astaire".AllMusic. RetrievedApril 15, 2024.
^"Mel Torme Sings Fred Astaire - Mel Tormé".AllMusic. RetrievedApril 16, 2024.
^"Louis Armstrong – Under The Stars".Discogs. RetrievedApril 16, 2024.
^"Sings the Irving Berlin Song Book - Ella Fitzgerald".AllMusic. RetrievedApril 14, 2024.
^"The Complete London Sessions - Fred Astaire".AllMusic. RetrievedMarch 30, 2020.
^"Steppin' Out - Tony Bennett".AllMusic. RetrievedApril 15, 2024.
^"Cherry Poppin' Daddies – The Boop-A-Doo".Discogs. RetrievedApril 14, 2024.
^NRK 1:Med lisens til å glede, July 24, 2010.
^McKim, D. W.; Brian Henson."Muppet Central Guides - The Muppet Show: Rudolf Nureyev". RetrievedJuly 19, 2009.
^SCTV - Al Peck's Sanitone Drycleaning, July 22, 2010,archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrievedJune 14, 2021
^Carey, Jim (January 8, 2015)."Batman Forever".Youtube. Fandango/Google.Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. RetrievedMarch 5, 2017.

Irving Berlin

Musicals

Theatre	Annie Get Your Gun As Thousands Cheer Call Me Madam The Canary The Century Girl The Cocoanuts The Cohan Revue of 1918 Face the Music Holiday Inn Louisiana Purchase Miss Liberty Mr. President Music Box Revue Stop! Look! Listen! This Is The Army Top Hat Watch Your Step White Christmas Wise Guy Yip Yip Yaphank Ziegfeld Follies
Film	Alexander's Ragtime Band Annie Get Your Gun Blue Skies Call Me Madam Carefree The Cocoanuts Easter Parade Follow the Fleet Hallelujah Holiday Inn On the Avenue Second Fiddle There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat White Christmas

Songs

1910s	"Alexander's Ragtime Band" "At the Devil's Ball" "Daddy, Come Home" "Follow the Crowd" "For Your Country and My Country" "God Bless America" "Goodbye, France" "I Want to Go Back to Michigan" "I'm Gonna Pin My Medal on the Girl I Left Behind" "I've Got My Captain Working for Me Now" "Let's All Be Americans Now" "Mandy" "The Near Future" "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" "Play a Simple Melody" "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" "San Francisco Bound" "Someone Else May Be There While I'm Gone" "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" "That International Rag" "That Mysterious Rag" "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" "When I Lost You" "You'd Be Surprised"
1920s	"All Alone" "All by Myself" "Always" "Blue Skies" "How About Me?" "I Love a Piano" "Lazy" "Puttin' On the Ritz" "Remember" "Say It with Music" "The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" "What'll I Do" "With You"
1930s	"Change Partners" "Cheek to Cheek" "Easter Parade" "Get Thee Behind Me Satan" "Heat Wave" "How Deep Is the Ocean?" "How's Chances?" "I Never Had a Chance" "I Used to Be Color Blind" "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" "Let Yourself Go" "Let's Face the Music and Dance" "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee" "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" "Now It Can Be Told" "Reaching for the Moon" "Say It Isn't So" "Slumming on Park Avenue" "Supper Time" "This Year's Kisses" "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" "You're Laughing at Me"
1940s	"All of My Life" "Any Bonds Today?" "Anything You Can Do" "A Couple of Swells" "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "Happy Holiday" "Heaven Watch the Philippines" "I Got Lost in His Arms" "I Got the Sun in the Mornin' (and the Moon at Night)" "I'm an Indian Too" "Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk" "Moonshine Lullaby" "My Defenses Are Down" "Steppin' Out with My Baby" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "White Christmas" "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" "You Can Have Him" "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" "You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
1950s	"The Best Thing for You (Would Be Me)" "Count Your Blessings" "It's a Lovely Day Today" "Sisters" "You're Just in Love"

Ellin Berlin (wife)
Mary Ellin Barrett (daughter)

v t e Fred Astaire
Stage and film performances Dances Songs Discography Awards
Studio albums	The Astaire Story Easy to Dance With Now Fred Astaire Three Evenings with Fred Astaire A Couple of Song and Dance Men (with Bing Crosby) They Can't Take These Away from Me
Soundtrack albums	Song Hits from Holiday Inn Blue Skies Easter Parade Three Little Words Royal Wedding The Belle of New York The Band Wagon Funny Face
Songs	"A Couple of Swells" "A Fine Romance" "A Foggy Day" "After You, Who?" "All by Myself" "All of You" "Change Partners" "Cheek to Cheek" "Clap Yo' Hands" "The Continental" "Dancing in the Dark" "Dream Dancing" "Fascinating Rhythm" "Funny Face" "He Loves and She Loves" "I Can't Be Bothered Now" "I Used to Be Color Blind" "I Won't Dance" "I'm Old Fashioned" "I've Got My Eyes on You "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" "I've Got Beginner's Luck" "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "Let's Face the Music and Dance" "Life Is Beautiful" "My One and Only" "Never Gonna Dance" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Night and Day" "No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)" "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" "Pick Yourself Up" "Puttin' On the Ritz" "'S Wonderful" "Slap That Bass" "So Near and yet So Far" "Something's Gotta Give" "Steppin' Out with My Baby" "That's Entertainment!" "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "This Heart of Mine" "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" "The Way You Look Tonight" "Who Cares?" "You're All the World to Me"
Other	Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Adele Astaire (sister) Robyn Smith (spouse) Triplicate (horse) An Evening with Fred Astaire Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography (f.k.a. The Astaire Awards)

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