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42nd Street: The Iconic Song

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Watch the jaw-dropping tap number that inspired the title for this iconic musical.

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♪ Little nifties from the fifties ♪ ♪ Innocent and sweet ♪ Sexy ladies from the eighties ♪ ♪ Who are indiscreet ♪ Hear the beat of dancing feet, ♪ ♪ It's the song I love the melody of, ♪ ♪ Forty-Second Street.

♪ Come and meet those dancing feet, ♪ ♪ On the avenue I'm taking you to... ♪ ♪ Hear the beat of dancing feet, ♪ [tapping] ♪ Little nifties from the fifties ♪ ♪ Innocent and sweet ♪ Sexy ladies from the eighties ♪ [tapping] [crowd cheering] ♪ Forty ♪ Forty ♪ Forty ♪ Forty ♪ Forty-Second Street [applause]

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