I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown
First recording and first release by Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra (January 13, 1936 / 1936)
- Music written by
- Fred Astaire
- Lyrics written by
- Johnny Mercer
- Copyright date
- December 30, 1935
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.086.626-7 ASCAP, ISWC
T-070.266.463-8 ASCAP, GEMA, ISWC
- Comments
- The music credit for "I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown" is - to a degree - in dispute. The Catalog of Copyright Entries (Part 3) shows the song as copyright Dec. 30, 1935 by Irving Berlin Inc., New York, with words by Johnny Mercer and music by Fred Astaire. All observed sheet music indicates the same. There are authors, who claim that Hal Borne - Fred Astaire's pianist at RKO Pictures - composed the tune and allowed Astaire to put his name on the music as a way to popularize the song (see link).
- Published by
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BOURNE CO
GEMA
W B MUSIC CORP GEMA
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license