irving berlin wrote the song puttin on the ritz.
who wrote the song puttin on the ritz?
irving berlin
"puttin' on the ritz" is a song written by irving berlin. he wrote it in may 1927 and first published it on december 2, 1929. it was registered as an unpublished song august 24, 1927 and again on july 27, 1928. it was introduced by harry richman and chorus in the musical film "puttin' on the ritz" (1930). according to "the complete lyrics of irving berlin", this was the first song in film to be sung by an interracial ensemble. the title derives from the slang expression "to put on the ritz", meaning to dress very fashionably. this expression was itself inspired by the opulent ritz hotel in london.
puttin' on the ritz
he's puttin' on the ritz was foaled in 1991. he was a chestnut stallion sired by a command performance and out of gen's living doll. his maternal grandsire was pride's generator. he was sold to william and sandra johnson, the owners of waterfall farms, as a two-year-old. he was initially trained by billy gray and his son tim, and ridden by tim gray, won the two-year-old world championship in the 1993 tennessee walking horse national celebration. the next year he won the three-year-old world championship and was named horse of the year. the following year, 1995, he was expected to enter the world grand championship. however, he's puttin' on the ritz suffered a foot injury and did not compete in the celebration at all that year. instead he was sent from day's stable home to waterfall farms and bred for the first time; his trainer was also switched, from the grays to sammy day. in 1996, he's puttin' on the ritz won the stallion class in the celebration and entered the world grand championship, which he and day won.
he's puttin' on the ritz