Fine Tune #468 Ira Gershwin 2020.12.06

Ira Gershwin (b. Dec 6, 1896; d. Aug 17, 1983) is the star of this week’s edition of Fine Tune… featuring just a few of the 1000s of versions of songs for which he wrote lyrics during his 65-year writing career. – w

Fine Tune 2020-12-06 #468

Love is Here to Stay / Earl Klugh
Fascinating Rhythm / Fred Astaire & Adele Astaire 1924
Fascinating Rhythm / Antonio Carlos Jobim 1987
Someone to Watch Over Me / Gertrude Lawrence 1926
Someone to Watch Over Me / Rickie Lee Jones 2000
Lady Be Good / Jones-Smith, Incorporated 1936
Lady Be Good / John Bunch & Bucky Pizzarelli 2008
But Not for Me / Judy Garland 1943
But Not for Me / Elvis Costello 1994
Embraceable You / Frank Sinatra 1943
Embraceable You / Eliane Elias 2013
I Can’t Get Started with You / Dinah Washington 1946
I Can’t Get Started with You / Jamie Cullum 2010
Someone to Watch Over Me / Michael Feinstein 2012
Summertime / Sam Cooke 1957

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