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It began life in 1930 as a nine-bar phrase with the working title "There's No Stopping Me Now". Its title phrase "Nice work if you can get it" came from an English magazine. [6] [7] It was one of nine songs the Gershwin brothers wrote for the movie A Damsel in Distress in which it was performed by Fred Astaire with backing vocals by The ...
Sarah Vaughan is the debut 1950 LP album of Sarah Vaughan with George Treadwell and His All Stars, 10" Columbia Records CL 6133. The instrumentalists comprised Billy Taylor Sr. bass, clarinet Tony Scott, drums J.C. Heard, guitars Freddie Green and Mundell Lowe, piano Jimmy Jones, on tenor saxophone Budd Johnson, trombone Bennie Green, and trumpet Miles Davis. [1]
Nice Work If You Can Get It may refer to: "Nice Work If You Can Get It" (song), a 1937 popular standard by George and Ira Gershwin; Nice Work If You Can Get It, a 1983 album by Ella Fitzgerald; Nice Work If You Can Get It, a 2012 Broadway musical with a score by George and Ira Gershwin
Nice Work If You Can Get It is a musical featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, with a book written by Joe DiPietro, and based on material by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. [1] Nice Work premiered on Broadway in April 2012.
The AllMusic review by William Ruhlmann awarded the album 4½ stars and compared the album to Feinstein's earlier all-Gershwin album Pure Gershwin (1987). Feinstein had previously been a secretary to Ira Gershwin, and Ruhlmann remarks that "the man has the heart of a research assistant, but few history lessons are this much fun".
"I've Got a Crush on You" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It is unique among Gershwin compositions in that it was used for two different Broadway productions: Treasure Girl (1928), when it was introduced by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay , and Strike Up the Band (1930), when it was sung by Doris Carson and Gordon ...
15 Phrases To Replace 'Nice to E-Meet You,' According to Etiquette Experts 1. "It's great to connect with you." Jo Hayes, founder of EtiquetteExpert.Org, suggests this modern twist. She explains ...
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.