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Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin 1923 – The Sunshine Trail (title song of silent film with accompaniment music) 1931 – Delicious; 1937 – Shall We Dance; 1937 – A Damsel in Distress; 1938 – The Goldwyn Follies (Gershwin died during filming; Vernon Duke completed and adapted Gershwin's songs, and composed additional ones)
The two collaborated on the Broadway musicals Piccadilly to Broadway (1920) and For Goodness' Sake (1922), and jointly composed the score for Our Nell (1923). This was the beginning of a long friendship. Daly was a frequent arranger, orchestrator and conductor of Gershwin's music, and Gershwin periodically turned to him for musical advice. [21]
"That Certain Feeling" is a 1925 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. [1] It was introduced by Allen Kearns and Queenie Smith in the 1925 musical Tip-Toes. [1] It was later used as the title of a 1956 Bob Hope film when it was performed during the opening credits by Pearl Bailey and later reprised by Bob Hope
"Someone to Watch Over Me" is a 1926 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, assisted by Howard Dietz who penned the title. [5] It was written for the musical Oh, Kay! (1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. [ 6 ]
Though a short piece, with a running time of between twenty and thirty minutes, Blue Monday is often considered the blueprint to many of Gershwin's later works, and is often considered to be the "first piece of symphonic jazz" [1] in that it was the first significant attempt to fuse forms of classical music such as opera with American popular ...
Sheet music cover " Soon " is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin , with lyrics by Ira Gershwin . It was introduced by Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff in the 1930 revision of the musical Strike Up the Band .
" ' S Wonderful" is a 1927 popular song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics written by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced in the Broadway musical Funny Face (1927) by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns. [1] The song is considered a standard and has been recorded by many artists, especially jazz
"Embraceable You" is a jazz standard song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East Is West. It was published in 1930 and included in that year's Broadway musical Girl Crazy, performed by Ginger Rogers in a song and dance routine choreographed by Fred Astaire.