I Wanna Be A Dancin’ Man Fred Astaire’s second solo routine in The Belle Of New York a 1952 MGM musical Comedy film.
It is a song and Sand-Dance, Astaire’s second Sand-Dance featured in a film.
The first was No Strings from the film Top Hat.
I Wanna Be A Dancin’ Man is set in New York circa 1900.
It stars Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen among others.
Music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Directed by Charles Walters.
This musical failed at the box office due to the nature of the plot. Though it had great Dancing.