(I've Got) Beginner's Luck

"(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, it was introduced by Fred Astaire.^[5] It is a brief comic tap solo with cane where Astaire's rehearsing to a record of the number is cut short when the record gets stuck. Astaire's commercial recording for Brunswick (No. 7855) was very popular in 1937.^[6]

"(I've Got) Beginner's Luck"
Song by Fred Astaire
B-side	"They Can't Take That Away from Me"
Published	February 27, 1937 (1937-02-27) by Gershwin Publishing Corp., New York[1]
Released	April 1937[2]
Recorded	March 18, 1937 (1937-03-18)[3]
Studio	Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz, Pop Vocal
Label	Brunswick 7855[4]
Composer(s)	George Gershwin
Lyricist(s)	Ira Gershwin
Fred Astaire singles chronology
"Never Gonna Dance" (1936) "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" (1937) "They All Laughed" (1937)

Other notable recordings

• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)^[7]