"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by #GeorgeGershwin with lyrics by #IraGershwin and published in 1930, which became a #jazzStandard. Its #chordProgression, known as the "#rhythmChanges", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as #CharlieParker's and #DizzyGillespie's #bebop standard #AnthropologyThrivinOnARiff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFMHveWGCa0

Book Review: ‘Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,’ by Michael Owen https://www.inbella.com/806740/book-review-ira-gershwin-a-life-in-words-by-michael-owen/ #BooksAndLiterature #ContentType:PersonalProfile #EntertainmentNews #George #Gershwin #ira #IraGershwin:ALifeInWords(Book) #Michael #music #Owen #theater

#OnThisDay in 1896, #IraGershwin, American #lyricist ("Embraceable You"; "I Got Rhythm"; "They Can't Take That Away From Me"), born in New York City (d. 1983).
#RIP

#OnThisDay in 1943, MGM releases last of 9 #JudyGarland-#MickeyRooney movies - "Girl Crazy", a film adaptation of #GeorgeGershwin and #IraGershwin's stage musical.

"The Man that Got Away" is a #torchSong, published in 1953 and written for the 1954 version of the film #AStarIsBorn. The music was written by #HaroldArlen, and the lyrics by #IraGershwin. In 1954, it was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong. In 2004, #JudyGarland's performance of the song was selected by the American Film Institute as the #eleventhGreatestSongInAmericanCinemaHistory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxz-8gSFjjo

"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular #song with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin. It was introduced by #FredAstaire in the 1937 film #ShallWeDance and gained huge success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e10kmoOfz_E

"The Man that Got Away" is a #torchSong, published in 1953 and written for the 1954 version of the film #AStarIsBorn. The music was written by #HaroldArlen, and the lyrics by #IraGershwin. In 1954, it was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong. In 2004, #JudyGarland's performance of the song was selected by the American Film Institute as the #eleventhGreatestSongInAmericanCinemaHistory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzyPMRo8ZUQ

#OnThisDay in 1934, #HaroldArlen, #IraGershwin and Yip Harburg's musical "Life Begins at 8:40", starring Ray Bolger and Lulla Gear opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, NYC; runs for 237 performances.

#OnThisDay in 1983, #IraGershwin, American #lyricist ("Embraceable You"; "I Got Rhythm"; "They Can't Take That Away From Me"), died in Beverly Hills at 86.
#RIP

"Summertime" is an #aria composed in 1934 by #GeorgeGershwin for the 1935 #opera #PorgyAndBess. The lyrics are by #DuBoseHeyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, and #IraGershwin. The song soon became a popular and much-recorded #jazzStandard, described as "without doubt ... one of the finest songs the composer ever wrote ... Gershwin's highly evocative writing brilliantly mixes elements of jazz.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auQ9N294-js

"'S Wonderful" is a 1927 #popular song composed by #GeorgeGershwin, with lyrics written by #IraGershwin. It was introduced in the #BroadwayMusical #FunnyFace (1927) by #AdeleAstaire and #AllenKearns. The song is considered a #standard and has been recorded by many artists, especially jazz artists. In 1928, Adele Astaire, who introduced the song on stage the previous year, recorded one of the earliest versions with Bernard Clifton.
https://youtu.be/F9y8fMzzbtk

"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular #song with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin. It was introduced by #FredAstaire in the 1937 film #ShallWeDance and gained huge success.
https://youtu.be/erYNlCajKd4

"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular #song with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin. It was introduced by #FredAstaire in the 1937 film #ShallWeDance and gained huge success.
https://youtu.be/fww8k6bj5O4

"I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by #GeorgeGershwin with lyrics by #IraGershwin and published in 1930, which became a #jazzStandard. Its #chordProgression, known as the "#rhythmChanges", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as #CharlieParker's and #DizzyGillespie's #bebop standard #AnthropologyThrivinOnARiff.
https://youtu.be/PJE6RbVYzso

"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular #song with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin. It was introduced by #FredAstaire in the 1937 film #ShallWeDance and gained huge success.
https://youtu.be/_OFMkCeP6ok

2:25am I got rhythm [Girl Crazy] by Ira Gershwin from Live at the The Jazz Standard
#IraGershwin #IgotrhythmGirlCrazy #JazzNetwork #KUVO

"Long Ago (and Far Away)" is a #popular song with music by #JeromeKern, and lyrics about #nostalgia by #IraGershwin from the 1944 #Technicolor film musical #CoverGirl starring #RitaHayworth and #GeneKelly and released by #ColumbiaPictures. The song was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1944 but lost out to “#SwingingOnAStar”, from #GoingMyWay. The song was published in 1944 and sold over 600,000 copies in sheet music in a year.
https://youtu.be/imdiY87pqAU

Two Gershwin pieces as a medley to round out this Monday (and to get away from the droning) –

Dorothy Donegan, "The Man I Love (a)/ Rhapsody In Blue Themes (b)" (New York 1980: (a) George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, 1924; (b) George Gershwin, 1924)

#SymphonicMonday #GeorgeGershwin #IraGershwin #DorothyDonegan

bass: Jerome Hunter
drums: Ray Mosca
piano: Dorothy Donegan

You are going to enjoy those runs up and down the keys!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciM43xLuUTs

Song of the Day November 9 2023

In remembrance of the birth of Dorothy Dandridge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge - “The Man I Love” (From the film "Malaga")

https://youtu.be/f1ZdgkVvdxA?si=q_mJXLt-CESDo-Fy