Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" | |
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Song by Ginger Rogers | |
Written | 1928 |
Published | 1930 by Harms Inc. |
Composer(s) | George Gershwin |
Lyricist(s) | Ira Gershwin |
"Embraceable You" is a jazz standard song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East Is West. It was published in 1930 and included in that year's Broadway musical Girl Crazy, performed by Ginger Rogers in a song and dance routine choreographed by Fred Astaire.
Billie Holiday's 1944 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]
Other versions
- Irene Cara in City Heat[2]
- Nat King Cole – (1943)[3]
- Bing Crosby (recorded November 12, 1947)[4] – included in the album Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin.
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)[3]
- Jane Froman – With a Song in My Heart[5]
- Judy Garland – Girl Crazy, film (1943)[6]
- Frank Sinatra – 1944 for Columbia, 1960 for Capitol on Nice 'n' Easy
- Erroll Garner[3]
- Herbie Hancock – Gershwin's World (1998)[3]
- Billie Holiday – 1944[3]
- Billie Holiday – Body and Soul (1957)[3]
- Chet Baker – Embraceable You (album) (1957)
- Charlie Parker – Cool Bird (1947)[3]
- Hazel Scott – 1942[3]
- Idina Menzel – 2010[3]
- Ornette Coleman – This Is Our Music (1961)
- Harve Presnell – When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
- Martin Taylor – Love Songs 2019
- Brent Spiner – Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back (1991)
- Geri Allen – Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006)[3]
- Johnny Mathis – Open Fire, Two Guitars (1959)[7]
See also
References
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". GRAMMY.org. Archived from the original on 2011-02-19. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ "City Heat (1984) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 97–99. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ William Ruhlmann (2003-08-12). "With a Song in My Heart (from the film); Pal Joey (with 1952 cast members) – Jane Froman | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Dir. Norman Taurog, Busby Berkeley (1943). "Judy Garland – Embraceable You on Lost Vocals". Girl Crazy. MGM. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
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