After You, Who?

Last updated September 07, 2023

"After You, Who?" is a popular song written by Cole Porter for his 1932 musical Gay Divorce , where it was introduced by Fred Astaire. Astaire played the character Guy, and opened the musical with "After You, Who?"^[1]

Astaire reprised the song later in Act 1, before the introduction of "Night and Day".^[1]

Notable recordings

Ella Fitzgerald - Dream Dancing (1978)
Lena Horne - Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria (1957) - as part of a Cole Porter Medley
Jeri Southern - Jeri Southern Meets Cole Porter (1959)
Jody Watley - Red Hot + Blue (1990)

References

1 2 "The Gay Divorce - IBDB". Internet Broadway Database.

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[IBDB-1] 1 2 "The Gay Divorce - IBDB". Internet Broadway Database.

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