That's Entertainment! (song)

"That's Entertainment!" is a popular song with music written by Arthur Schwartz and lyrics by Howard Dietz.[1] The song was published in 1952 and was written especially for the 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film The Band Wagon. The song is performed in the film by Jack Buchanan supported by Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, and Oscar Levant. In 2004, the song finished at number 45 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.[2] It was orchestrated for the film by Conrad Salinger under the musical direction of Adolph Deutsch.[3]

  1. ^ Furia, Philip & Lasser, Michael (2006). America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley. Routledge. p. 240. ISBN 9781135471996.
  2. ^ "AFI's 100 YEARS…100 SONGS". Afi.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ Fordin, Hugh (1996). MGM Greatest Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit, Da Capo Press, NY, p. 409.