• "Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel...
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  • Geoffrey Keezer, 2005 Summertime, an EP by The Subways Summer Time (album), a 2021 album by Roy Wang "Summertime" (George Gershwin song), from the opera Porgy...
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  • Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin is the 64th solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Willie Nelson. After being awarded the Gershwin Prize...
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    (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin...
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  • Sings George Gershwin is a 1958 studio album by Sarah Vaughan, of the music of George Gershwin. Vaughan released another all-Gershwin album, Gershwin Live...
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  • Are Comin' (1969) and You Smile – The Song Begins (1974). The title track is a version of the George Gershwin aria from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess...
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    This is a list of compositions by George Gershwin, a Broadway songwriter and a classical composer. His works are grouped thematically in this list, and...
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    Congress, the prize is named after brothers George and Ira Gershwin, whose contributions to popular music included songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable...
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  • English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy...
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  • "Summertime" is a song by American hip-hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, released in May 1991 by Jive and RCA as the lead single from their fourth...
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  • plays the harmonica on each of the songs, all of which are written by Adler's lifelong friends, George and Ira Gershwin, except where collaborators were...
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  • "Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)" (Coleman, Leigh) – 2:15 "Our Love is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:10 Blossom Dearie – vocals...
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  • Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (category Songs with music by George Gershwin)
    "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance, where it was introduced by Fred...
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  • "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams) – 2:32 "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin) – 3:45 "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Ben...
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  • Gershwin's World is a thirty-seventh studio album by the American jazz pianist Herbie Hancock. It contains songs written by George and Ira Gershwin, and...
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  • Rodgers – 6 songs Harold Arlen – 5 songs Leonard Bernstein – 4 songs Jule Styne – 3 songs Irving Berlin – 3 songs George Gershwin – 3 songs Nacio Herb...
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  • "Doin' Time" samples jazz flautist Herbie Mann's cover of George Gershwin's "Summertime" from the opera Porgy and Bess. Mann's version is a live bossa...
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  • Side Two: "It’s Alright" - (Argent) "Summertime" - (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) The three songs written by Rod Argent appear on the...
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  • Love Walked In (category Songs with music by George Gershwin)
    24542, with the flip side "Summertime". The recording was included in the album Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin. Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra...
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    composer. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur...
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  • "Gershwin Medley: Rhapsody in Blue/Summertime/It Ain't Necessarily So/Someone to Watch Over Me/The Man I Love" (George Gershwin) - 8:55 "The Song Is...
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  • Catfish Row (category Compositions by George Gershwin)
    and Bess, is an orchestral work by George Gershwin based upon music from his famous opera Porgy and Bess. Gershwin completed the work in 1936 and it premiered...
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  • Be You and I'll Be Me" "Girls Alone" "2002 - A Hit Song" "Summertime" (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/DuBose Heyward) "Where Do I Go" (Galt MacDermot/James...
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  • of ten George and Ira Gershwin songs, bookended by passages from Rhapsody in Blue, along with two new songs completed from unfinished Gershwin fragments...
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    Anne Brown (category George Peabody Medal winners)
    (August 9, 1912 – March 13, 2009) was an American lyric soprano for whom George Gershwin rewrote the part of "Bess" into a leading role in the original production...
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  • 2:31 "Summertime" (Gershwin, Heyward) - 3:55 "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" - 2:45 "The Man I Love" - 5:23 "Prelude #2" (George Gershwin) - 2:37...
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  • Montenegro) - 3:08 "North by Northeast" (Paul Desmond) - 4:30 "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 3:54 Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood...
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  • Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (category Compositions by George Gershwin)
    arranged by George Gershwin's good friend and sometimes assistant, Robert Russell Bennett, which includes most of the best-known songs from the Gershwin opera...
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  • I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' (category Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin)
    which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin. It is one of the most famous arias from the opera (along with "Summertime", "It Ain't Necessarily So", and...
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  • I Loves You, Porgy (category Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin)
    Anne Brown and Todd Duncan. They recorded the song on volume 2 of the album Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess in 1942. The duet...
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