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Artist: Marion Harris
Author: George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
Label: Victor
Year: 1927
B-side of Did You Mean It? Originally written for the first big Gershwin production Lady Be Good (1924) with Fred and Adele Astaire, but quickly withdrawn for slowing down the tempo. Also inserted with little success in later Gershwin productions Strike Up The Band (1927) and Rosalie (1928). In 1925, it was sung by Eva Gauthier with Gershwin at the ivories and more importantly, published as (separate) sheet music. Via Lady Mountbatten, an autographed copy was given to the Berkeley Square Orchestra in England, who popularized the song, years before it became a hit in the States.
Covers:
Hazel Scott [in film Rhapsody In Blue]
Doris Day [with Harry James' Orchestra in film Young Man With A Horn]
Miles Davis [with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson]
Diana Ross [in film Lady Sings The Blues]
Liza Minnelli [in film New York, New York]
Greetje Kauffeld [as Man Van Mijn Hart]
Herbie Hancock [vocal: Joni Mitchell]
Omara Portuondo [as El Hombre Que Yo Amé]
Esmé Bos [part of her Duveltjeskermis project]
Not to be confused with Sippie Wallace's ('25 - OKeh).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)