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George Gershwin

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George Gershwin (1898–1937)

Born Jacob Gershowitz, 26 September 1898, Brooklyn, New York; died 11 July 1937, Beverly Hills, Los Ángeles (or Hollywood, per bbdb+), California.

 

Sometimes credited as:

  • G. Gershwin
  • Gershwin

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As composer:

  • [music: George Gershwin; lyrics: Irving Caesar]
    • Swanee (1918)
      • Al Jolson—The best of Al Jolson including performances from Kraft music hall broadcasts
      • Aliza Kashi!—Hello people! (in Japanese)
  • [music: George Gershwin; lyrics: Ira Gershwin]
    • Oh, Kay! (1926) [The woman’s touch, Dear little girl, Don’t ask, Maybe, Clap yo’ hands, Bride and groom, Do, do, do, Fidgety feet, Someone to watch over me, Heaven on earth (lyrics with Howard Dietz), Oh, Kay (lyrics with Howard Dietz)] See Oh, Kay!
    • Funny face (1927) [Funny face, High hat, He loves and she loves, ’S wonderful, Let’s kiss and make up, My one and only, The Babbitt and the bromide]
  • [music: George Gershwin; lyrics: Gus Kahn, Ira Gershwin]
    • Show girl (1929) [Liza (all the clouds’ll roll away)]
      • Al Jolson—The best of Al Jolson including performances from Kraft music hall broadcasts
      • Al Jolson—The Jolson story[;] Rainbow ’round my shoulder (1957)
  • [music: George Gershwin; lyrics: DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin]
    • Porgy and Bess (1935) [Summertime, A woman is a sometime thing, Gone, gone, gone, Porgy’s prayer, My man’s gone now, It take a long pull to get there, I got plenty o’ nuttin’, Buzzard song, Bess, you is my woman, Morning, Catfish Row, I can’t sit down, It ain’t necessarily so, I ain’t got no shame, What you want wid Bess?, Street cries, Strawberry woman’s call, Crab man’s call, I loves you, Porgy, A red headed woman, Clara, Clara, The requiem, There’s a boat dat’s leavin’ soon for New York, Oh, where’s my Bess?, Porgy’s lament, I’m on my way, Oh, Doctor Jesus] See Porgy and Bess.

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