Biography

In a career tragically cut short by a brain tumor, George Gershwin (1898-1937) had his first major hit with [roviLink="MC"]"Swanee" in 1919. Working primarily with his brother Ira as his lyricist, Gershwin scored a series of Broadway hits in the '20s and '30s, while simultaneously working in the classical field, beginning with [roviLink="MC"]"Rhapsody in Blue" in 1924. The Gershwins' Of Thee I Sing became the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize, and in the mid-'30s the pair ambitiously combined George's show music and classical leanings in the folk opera Porgy and Bess. The Gershwins were engaged in several movie projects at the time of George Gershwin's death. ~ William Ruhlmann

Top Tracks

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• A Foggy Day

• An American In Paris

• An American In Paris, Original Score For 2 Pianos (unpublished)

• An American In Paris, Tone Poem For Orchestra

• Andante (theme)

• Bess, You Is My Woman Now

• But Not For Me

• But Not For Me, Song (from Girl Crazy, Musical)

• Delishious, Song (from Delicious, Film)

• Embraceable You

• Fascinatin' Rhythm, Song (from Lady, Be Good!, Musical)

• Fascinating Rhythm

• Funny Face

• Funny Face, Musical~how Long Has This Been Going On?

• Hang On To Me

• How Long Has This Been Going On?

• I Got Rhythm

• I Loves You, Porgy

• I'd Rather Charleston

• I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise, Song (from George White's Scandals Of 1922)

• I've Got A Crush On You

• Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

• Liza (all The Clouds'll Roll Away)

• Medley From Porgy And Bess

• My One And Only

• My One And Only, Song (from Funny Face, Musical)

• Nice Work If You Can Get It

• Novelty Abridgement Of Rhapsody In Blue

• Oh, Gee! Oh, Joy!

• Oh, Lady Be Good

• Pardon My English, Musical~the Lorelei

• Porgy And Bess, Opera~i Got Plenty O' Nuttin'

• Prelude No. 1 For Piano

• Prelude No. 2 For Piano

• Promenade (walking The Dog)

• Rhapsody In Blue

• Rhapsody In Blue (original Version)

• Rhapsody In Blue, For Piano

• Rhapsody In Blue, For Piano & Orchestra (orchestrated By F. Grofé)

• Rhapsody In Blue, For Piano & Orchestra (orchestrated By F. Grofé)~[excerpt]

• Shall We Dance?

• So Am I

• Someone To Watch Over Me

• Summertime

• Swanee

• Swiss Miss

• That Certain Feeling, Song (from Tip-toes, Musical)

• The Babbitt And The Bromide

• The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues

• The Man I Love

• The Man I Love (lady Be Good)

• They All Laughed

• They Can't Take That Away From Me

• They Can't Take That Away From Me (shall We Dance)

• Three Preludes For Piano

Discography

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• The Genius of George Gershwin

  Sounds of Yesteryear

  2007

• The Gershwin Connection [Pro Arte]

  Pro-Arte Records

  1995

• S'Wonderful

  Pro-Arte Records

  1992

• Rhapsody in Blue [Pierre Verany]

  Biograph

  1992

• Classic Gershwin

  Columbia

  1987