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"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]
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)
"Fascinating Rhythm" is a popular song written by George Gershwin in 1924 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was first introduced by Cliff Edwards, Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire in the Broadway musical Lady Be Good. [2] The Astaires also recorded the song on April 19, 1926, in London with George Gershwin on the piano (English Columbia 3968 or ...
George Gershwin (/ ˈ ɡ ɜːr ʃ. w ɪ n /; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres.
Oh, Kay! is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. It is based on the play La Présidente by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. The plot revolves around the adventures of the Duke of Durham and his sister, Lady Kay, English bootleggers in Prohibition Era America. Kay finds ...
A popular version in 1926. [3] Josephine Baker - rec. 1926 - released as Odeon 49.171; Shirley Ross - for the Decca 78rpm album George Gershwin Songs, Vol. 1 (1939). Les Brown and Jo Ann Greer - recorded May 18, 1956 - released as Capitol 3463. [4] Ella Fitzgerald - rec. 1959 - from Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook [5]
Tip-Toes is a musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and music by George Gershwin. It centers on a vaudeville act composed of Tip-Toes, her brother and her uncle, who try to pass her off as an aristocrat to snare a millionaire husband. Farcical complications ensue involving Tip-Toes' temporary amnesia and a ...
Lady, Be Good! (title sometimes presented with an exclamation point) is a musical written by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson with music by George and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.It was first presented on Broadway in 1924; the West End production followed in 1926.