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George Gershwin
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known. Among his best known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris, as well as the opera Porgy and Bess.
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Peggy Lee With the Benny Goodman Orchestra, 1941-1947 [2017]
Song | Duration |
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How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:15 |
The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 4: 1950-1955 [2017]
Song | Duration |
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How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:16 |
Sings George & Ira Gershwin [2016]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hang on to Me | 2:51 |
The Half of It Dearie, Blues | 2:33 |
The Babbitt and the Bromide | 3:01 |
Slap That Bass | 3:11 |
Classic Collaborations, Vol. 3 [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Could You Use Me [From "Girl Crazy"] | 3:49 |
Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? | 3:32 |
Jazz Icons From the Golden Era: Fats Waller - 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
Song | Duration |
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I Got Rhythm | 3:12 |
Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
Song | Duration |
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How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:21 |
Steppin' Out With My Baby: The Best of Fred Astaire [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Fascinating Rhythm | 2:24 |
The Half of It Dearie, Blues | 2:46 |
The Babbitt and the Bromide | 3:02 |
Hang on to Me | 2:47 |
George Gershwin: The Vintage Collection [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Lady Be Good (I'd Rather Charleston) | 2:56 |
Hang on to Me | 2:50 |
Songbooks: The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection [2012]
Song | Duration |
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How Long Has This Been Goin' On? |
S'wonderful: Songs of George Gershwin [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Do, Do, Do | |
Strike Up The Band! | |
Bidin’ My Time | |
Summertime | |
Aren’t You Kind Of Glad We Did? |
George Gershwin - The One And Only [2009]
George Gershwin: Original Recordings [2007]
The Genius of George Gershwin [2007]
The Genius of George Gershwin [2007]
Composers on Broadway: George Gershwin [2006]
Definitive Collection [2006]
Song | Duration |
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I Got Rhythm | 2:59 |
How Long Has This Been Going On | 4:26 |
Summertime | 3:29 |
It Ain't Necessarily So | 4:31 |
But Not for Me | 2:29 |
The Man I Love | 7:43 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | 3:36 |
Bidin' My Time | 3:04 |
Someone to Watch Over Me | 6:03 |
Soon | 2:48 |
I've Got a Crush on You | 4:04 |
Essential Collection [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Fascinating Rhythm [From Lady, Be Goo!] | 2:29 |
The Half of It, Dearie, Blues [From Lady, Be Goo!] | 2:59 |
Hits of '25: Yes Sir, That's My Baby! [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Fascinatin' Rhythm [From Lady, Be Good!] | 2:53 |
That's Entertainment! The Ultimate Anthology of M-G-M Musicals [Rhino Box Set] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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But Not for Me, song (from Girl Crazy, musical) | 2:31 |
The Very Best Of George Gershwin Songbook [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Oh, Lady, Be Good! | 3:50 |
But Not For Me | 3:45 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | 2:51 |
Love Is Here To Stay | 3:19 |
Someone To Watch Over Me | 3:20 |
A Foggy Day | 8:00 |
Maybe | 3:14 |
Embraceable You | 3:49 |
For You, For Me, Forevermore | 3:05 |
I've Got A Crush On You | 3:25 |
They All Laughed | 2:57 |
Soon | 2:58 |
How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:13 |
It Ain't Necessarily So | 3:23 |
'S Wonderful | 3:35 |
They Can't Take That Away From Me | 2:41 |
Fascinatin' Rhythm | 2:25 |
The Man I Love | 7:58 |
Summertime | 3:54 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:40 |
Strike Up The Band | 4:26 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 4:18 |
Love Walked In | 2:39 |
Very Best of George Gershwin [2006]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Someone to Watch Over Me | 3:45 |
Our Love Is Here to Stay | 2:29 |
How Long Has This Been Going On? | 4:21 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | 2:36 |
But Not for Me | 1:58 |
Summertime | 2:54 |
Liza | 9:56 |
Summertime [Avid] [2005]
Gershwin Plays Gershwin [Dal Segno] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers) | 2:17 |
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (interpolated into the Passing Show of 1918 | 1:43 |
Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue [Shout Factory] [2003]
Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue: First Recording 1924 from Rare Piano Rolls [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Rhapsody In Blue | 13:45 |
Swanee | 2:19 |
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off | 2:51 |
Somebody Loves Me | 3:40 |
Our Love Is Here To Stay | 2:39 |
S'Wonderful | 2:13 |
Embraceable You | 2:25 |
Oh, Lady Be Good | 2:05 |
Memories of Old Broadway: 60 Vintage Recordings of Songs from the Musical Stage, 1904-1 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Do, Do, Do | 3:04 |
Starlight and Sweet Dreams: Songs by George Gershwin and Cole Porter [2003]
Starlight and Sweet Dreams: Songs by George Gershwin and Cole Porter [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Someone To Watch Over Me | 4:29 |
Embraceable You | 5:43 |
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin | 2:46 |
Love Is Here To Stay | 3:57 |
The Essential George Gershwin [2003]
The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 2 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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The Half of It Dearie Blues [From Lady, Be Good!] | 2:47 |
'S Wonderful: The Songs of George Gershwin [Asv/Living Era] [2002]
A Century of Glory [2002]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise | 3:17 |
The Man I Love | 2:54 |
'S Wonderful | 2:14 |
My One and Only | 3:02 |
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 2:54 |
I've Got a Crush on You | 3:17 |
Sam and Delilah | 3:31 |
Lady Be Good | 3:09 |
I Got Rhythm | 2:53 |
Summertime | 2:34 |
A Foggy Day | 2:54 |
I Was Doing Allright | 2:57 |
Love Walked In | 2:31 |
But Not for Me | 2:33 |
Best of Gershwin [2002]
Song | Duration |
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The Man I Love | |
Oh! Lady Be Good | |
I Got Rhythm | |
'S Wonderful | |
Embraceable You | |
Strike Up the Band | |
Summertime (Porgy and Bess) |
The Songwriters Collection [2002]
Top Hat, White Tie & Tails [ASV/Living Era] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Fascinating Rhythm | 2:24 |
My One and Only | 3:02 |
Gershwin Plays Gershwin [Naxos] [2001]
Kickin' the Clouds Away: Gershwin at the Piano [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers) | 2:18 |
Make Believe | 2:59 |
Summertime [St. Clair] [2001]
8 CD Box Set [2000]
A Nostalgic Collection [2000]
A Salute to Broadway [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Nice Work If You Can Get It | 2:29 |
Summertime | 3:00 |
I Got Rhythm | 3:56 |
The Man I Love | 3:58 |
Oh, Lady Be Good | 3:13 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:49 |
Somebody Loves Me | 2:49 |
Anything Goes | 2:22 |
Just One of Those Things | 2:19 |
Begin the Beguine | 3:18 |
I Love You | 2:40 |
Easy to Love | 3:15 |
Let's Be Buddies | 3:08 |
My Heart Belongs to Daddy | 3:05 |
Night and Day | 3:22 |
Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) | 3:09 |
You Do Something to Me | 2:57 |
Don't Fence Me In | 3:09 |
George Gershwin [Box Set] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Of Thee I Sing | 3:31 |
Could You Use Me? | 3:03 |
They All Laughed | 4:20 |
Shall We Dance | 5:58 |
Things Are Looking Up | 3:48 |
Oh! Lady Be Good | 3:11 |
Beginner's Luck, (I've Got) | 1:58 |
Liza (All the Clouds'll Rollaway) | 6:10 |
Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did | 3:52 |
Do, Do, Do | |
Sam and Delilah | 3:30 |
Liza | 2:58 |
Soon | 2:57 |
Summertime | 2:56 |
George and Ira Gershwin in Hollywood [The Soundtrack Factory] [2000]
Song | Duration |
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The Man I Love [From the Man I Love] | 3:47 |
A Foggy Day [From A Damsel in Distress] | 2:16 |
The George Gershwin Songbook [2000]
Early Recordings of the 20's [1999]
Gershwin Plays Gershwin [1999]
Great Songs Presented By Great Stars [1999]
Instrumental Works for the Concert Hall [1999]
Song | Duration |
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I Got Rhythm | 2:47 |
Of Thee I Sing (Overture) | 3:33 |
The Man I Love | 4:44 |
Swanee/Sign Off | 1:16 |
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing | 2:32 |
On Screen II: Shall We Dance [1999]
'S Wonderful: The Great Gershwin Decca Songbook [1998]
From Gershwin's Time: 1920-1945 [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Somebody Loves Me | 3:05 |
Strike Up the Band | 2:40 |
'S Wonderful | 3:06 |
My One and Only | 2:54 |
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 2:56 |
They All Laughed | 2:42 |
A Foggy Day | 2:51 |
Do Do Do | 3:03 |
Maybe | 3:16 |
George Gershwin Plays His Greatest Hits [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Swanee | 2:40 |
Looking for a Boy | 2:26 |
Do Do Do | 3:04 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 3:09 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:45 |
Maybe | 3:16 |
My One and Only | 2:47 |
'S Wonderful/Funny Face | 2:26 |
Fascinating Rhythm/Liza | 8:54 |
Hang on to Me | 15:57 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 14:29 |
The Half of It, Dearie, Blues | 2:07 |
I Got Rhythm | 7:12 |
The Man I Love | 3:56 |
George Gershwin: Summertime [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love Walked In | 2:52 |
I Was Doing All Right | 3:02 |
Love Is Here To Stay | 2:50 |
Changing My Tune | 2:45 |
Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? | 3:03 |
For You, For Me, For Evermore | 3:02 |
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' | 3:08 |
Looking For A Boy | 2:50 |
Maybe | 3:20 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:50 |
Do, Do, Do | 3:08 |
Someone To Watch Over Me | 3:14 |
'S Wonderful / Funny Face | 2:49 |
Gershwin: 'S Wonderful [1998]
Gershwin: Fascinating Rhythm [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hang on to Me | 2:47 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:23 |
Oh, Lady Be Good | 3:09 |
The Half of It, Dearie, Blues | 2:53 |
I'd Rather Charleston | 3:00 |
Swiss Miss | 2:58 |
The Man I Love | 3:15 |
Somebody Loves Me | 2:43 |
Looking for a Boy | 3:03 |
Maybe | 2:45 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:24 |
Do Do Do | 3:12 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 2:59 |
Funny Face | 2:43 |
Gershwin: To Broadway from Hollywood [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:24 |
The Half of It, Dearie, Blues | 2:48 |
Hang on to Me | 2:38 |
Looking for a Boy | 2:37 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:36 |
Do Do Do | 2:53 |
But Not for Me | 3:06 |
Historic Gershwin Recordings [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Strike Up the Band, song (from Strike Up The Band; both versions) | 2:21 |
The Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Cote D'Azur Concerts on Verve [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
How Long Has This Been Going On? | 2:53 |
The Ultimate Collection [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Strike up the Band | 3:15 |
Summertime | 4:59 |
The Man I Love | 3:37 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 5:58 |
Funny Face | 3:46 |
How Long Has This Been Going On? | 5:07 |
Oh, Lady Be Good | 4:00 |
A Foggy Day | 3:49 |
I've Got a Crush on You | 3:03 |
Embraceable You | 4:52 |
Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra [Excerpt] | 3:02 |
Two Sides of George Gershwin [1998]
George and Ira Gershwin in Hollywood [Rhino] [1997]
The Gershwins: The First 100 Years [1997]
American Legends: George Gershwin [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Somebody Loves Me | |
Embraceable You | |
Oh, Lady Be Good | |
The Man I Love | |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
They Can't Take That Away from Me | |
Easy to Love | |
Love Is Here to Stay |
On Radio 1936-1944, Vol. 1: All the Things You Are [Jazz Classics] [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But Not for Me | 3:00 |
Platinum Collection [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But Not for Me | 3:09 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 3:11 |
The Man I Love | 3:12 |
Maybe | 3:15 |
I Was Doing All Right | 2:58 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:47 |
Somebody Loves Me | 2:50 |
They All Laughed | 2:49 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:44 |
Do Do Do | 3:05 |
Oh, Lady Be Good | 3:09 |
How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:20 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | 2:23 |
Summertime | 2:56 |
Long Ago (And Far Away) | 3:07 |
Love Walked In | 2:32 |
A Foggy Day | 2:55 |
'S Wonderful/Funny Face | 2:50 |
I've Got a Crush on You | 3:17 |
Looking for a Boy | 2:39 |
My One and Only | 2:38 |
They Can't Take That Away from Me | 3:37 |
I Got Rhythm | 3:08 |
At the Movies [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got Rhythm [An American in Paris] | 2:06 |
Strike up the Band [Manhattan Clique Extended Mix] | 7:04 |
Swanee [From the al Jolson Story] | 3:20 |
Gershwin: Instrumental Favorites [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But Not for Me | 2:38 |
Embraceable You | 2:53 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:39 |
I Got Rhythm | 2:07 |
It Ain't Necessarily So | 3:04 |
The Man I Love | 3:11 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | 2:24 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 3:46 |
They Can't Take That Away from Me | 2:37 |
Summertime | 2:49 |
On Stage and Screen [Disc 2] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:52 |
Someone to Watch Over Me | 3:18 |
Funny Face | 3:30 |
I Was Doing All Right | 3:06 |
Could You Use Me? | 3:00 |
Swanee | 1:53 |
They Can't Take That Away From Me | 4:32 |
'S Wonderful | 2:51 |
I Got Rhythm | 7:32 |
S'Wonderful! The Songs of George & Ira Gershwin [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Someone to Watch over Me | 2:53 |
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise | 3:20 |
That's Entertainment! The Ultimate Anthology of M-G-M Musicals [TCM] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
But Not for Me [From Girl Crazy] | 2:30 |
The Complete Gershwin Songbooks [1995]
The Gershwin Songbook: 'S Paradise [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Man I Love | 5:28 |
Strike up the Band | 3:18 |
'S Wonderful | 5:12 |
George & Ira Gershwin: Great American Songwriters [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Man I Love | 2:18 |
Someone to Watch Over Me | 3:00 |
I Got Rhythm | 3:43 |
Oh! Lady Be Good | 3:05 |
Liza | 3:35 |
Love Walked In | 7:46 |
Soon | 3:56 |
How Long Has This Been Going On? | 3:03 |
But Not for Me | 3:08 |
Summertime | 3:15 |
Looking for a Boy | 3:12 |
George Gershwin [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love Walked In | 3:37 |
Embraceable You | 5:15 |
Love Is Here to Stay | 4:24 |
'S Wonderful | 4:09 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 4:09 |
They Can't Take That Away from Me | 3:21 |
But Not for Me | 3:37 |
Who Cares? | 4:33 |
He Loves and She Loves | 4:08 |
Great American Songwriters [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got Rhythm | 2:27 |
For You, for Me, for Evermore | 3:29 |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | 2:49 |
Funny Face | 3:06 |
He Loves and She Loves | 3:01 |
Summertime | 2:53 |
Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
That Certain Feeling | 2:45 |
Rhapsody in Blue | 14:22 |
Swanee | 2:17 |
Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls [1993]

Song | Duration |
---|---|
Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers) | 2:17 |
'S Wonderful: The Gershwin Songbook [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Summertime | 3:26 |
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | 4:12 |
The Man I Love | 7:42 |
I've Got a Crush on You | 4:00 |
Someone to Watch Over Me | 5:58 |
Our Love Is Here to Stay | 3:35 |
Best of George Gershwin [1992]
Blue Gershwin [1992]
George & Ira Gershwin: Lady, Be Good! [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Hang On To Me | 5:15 |
Fascinating Rhythm | 7:34 |
Oh, Lady Be Good! | 3:48 |
The Half of It, Dearie, Blues | 5:42 |
Little Jazz Bird | 3:33 |
Swiss Miss | 3:11 |
George Gershwin Plays Rhapsody in Blue [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers) | 3:17 |
Rhapsody in Blue [Pierre Verany] [1992]
S' Wonderful: The Music of George Gershwin [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise [From George White's Scandals of ...] | 3:20 |
S'Wonderful [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Swanee | 2:37 |
Looking for a Boy | 2:40 |
Do Do Do | 3:03 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 3:06 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:43 |
Maybe | 3:12 |
My One and Only | 2:35 |
'S Wonderful/Funny Face | 2:48 |
The Best of George Gershwin, Vol. 1 [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Fascinatin' Rhythm, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical) | 2:52 |
The Best of George Gershwin, Vol. 2 [1992]
The Best of George Gershwin, Vol. 3 [1992]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Love Walked In, song (from the The Goldwyn Follies, film) [Piano Versio | 4:00 |
Embraceable You [Piano Versions of Famous Songs] | 3:43 |
The Gershwin Songbook: 'S Wonderful [1992]
George & Ira Gershwin: Strike Up the Band [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Man I Love | 6:06 |
Strike up the Band | 3:57 |
George Gershwin plays George Gershwin [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Fascinatin' Rhythm, song (from Lady, Be Good!, musical) | 2:28 |
Clap Yo' Hands, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical) | 2:45 |
My One and Only, song (from Funny Face, musical) | 2:38 |
Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935 [1991]
The Song Is Gershwin [1990]
The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Vol. 7 (1961) [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Our Love Is Here to Stay | 3:44 |
Classic Gershwin [1987]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Embraceable You | 4:10 |
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 2:25 |
A Foggy Day | 2:39 |
Gershwin's Fascinating Rhythms... [1981]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:22 |
The Man I Love | 3:47 |
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise | 1:41 |
Somebody Loves Me | 2:38 |
Strike Up the Band | 2:26 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 1:54 |
Oh, Lady be Good | 2:37 |
Liza | 4:27 |
Who Cares? | 3:45 |
My One and Only | 2:04 |
Do Do Do | 2:03 |
I Got Rhythm | 3:25 |
Oh, Kay! [1955 Studio Cast] [Bonus Tracks] [1957]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Someone to Watch Over Me [*] | 3:11 |
Clap Yo' Hands [*] | 2:47 |
An American in Paris [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1951]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
I Got Rhythm (Extended Version) | 1:15 |
An American in Paris [Sony] [1951]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Nice Work If You Can Get It [Outtake] | |
Someone to Watch over Me [Outtake] | |
I've Got a Crush on You [Outtake] | |
But Not for Me [Outtake] |
From Gershwin's Time: 1920-1945
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Swanee | |
Fascinating Rhythm | 2:50 |
Oh, Lady Be Good | 3:24 |
I Got Rhythm | |
Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
A Foggy Day (In London Town) | |
Love Is Here to Stay | |
Someone to Watch Over Me | 3:10 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:46 |
George Gershwin Plays George Gershwin
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Swanee | 2:39 |
Looking for a Boy | 2:40 |
Do Do Do | 3:01 |
Someone to Watch over Me | 3:08 |
Clap Yo' Hands | 2:43 |
Maybe | 3:13 |
My One and Only | 2:36 |
'S Wonderful/Funny Face | 2:48 |
George Gershwin [Box Set]
Rhapsody in Blue [Golden Options]
The Standards: The Songs of George & Ira Gershwin
Song | Duration |
---|---|
There's a Boat Dats Leavin' Soon for New York |
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