Fascinating Rhythm 919 with "Vieni Qui" as the flip side. In 2012 a version by Hawaiian steel guitarist Sol Hoʻopiʻi was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" American sound recordings. "Fascinating Rhythm" inspired the riff to the 1974 Deep Purple song "Burn". Fascinating Rhythm "Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical "Lady Be Good." The Astaires also recorded the song on April 19, 1926 in London
Fred Thompson (writer) Gershwin, and starring Fred Astaire and his sister Adele (also playing strongly in London in 1926). This was followed in swift succession by two more Broadway shows with Gershwin songs, "Tell Me More" and "Tip-Toes" (both 1925). Bolton and Thompson followed these with a string of further Broadway successes. In 1927 they had three shows running on Broadway simultaneously: "Rio Rita" (songs by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy), and two Gershwin shows, "Funny Face" and "The Five O'Clock Girl" (which also played in the West End in 1929). Another Gershwin musical the next year was "Treasure Girl" (1928). Thompson's last