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Duke Station
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919-684-2957
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Artist | Song | Album | Label | Comments | |||
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Paul Whiteman Orchestra feat. George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | Gershwin Plays Gershwin | Naxos | happy birthday George Gershwin | |||
Paul Whiteman Orchestra | I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise | George Gershwin Songbook | Smithsonian | recorded 1922 | |||
Al Jolson | Swanee | You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet: Jolie's Finest | Columbia | written 1918 rec. 1920 Gershwin's first big hit | |||
Fred and Adele Astaire w/ George Gershwin on piano | Fascinating Rhythm | Fascinating Rhythm | Naxos | from Lady Be Good 1924 | |||
Gertrude Lawrence & Harold French | Do-Do-Do | George Gershwin Songbook | Smithsonian | Oh, Kay! 1926 | |||
Johnny Marvin | Funny Face | 78" | Victor | Funny Face 1927, this version rec. 1928 | |||
Fats Waller | I Got Rhythm | The Complete Recorded Works Vol 3 | JSP | Girl Crazy 1930, this version rec. 1935 | |||
George Gershwin | Three Piano Preludes | Gershwin Plays Gershwin | Naxos | written 1923 rec. 1928 | |||
Nat King Cole Trio | Embraceable You | Complete Capitol Recordings | Mosaic | Girl Crazy | |||
Ella Fitzgerald | Lady Be Good | The Very Best of Ella | Verve | from Lady Be Good 1924 | |||
Eartha Kitt | Looking for a Boy | Legendary | BMG | from Tip Toes 1925 | |||
Keely Smith | Someone to Watch Over Me | Capitol Collector's Series | Capitol | from Oh, Kay! | |||
Sarah Vaughan | 'S Wonderful | First Class Jazz | EMI | Funny Face | |||
Ella Fitzgerald | He Loves and She Loves | The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook | Verve | Funny Face | |||
Benny Goodman Orchestra | Somebody Loves Me | S'Wonderful! The Songs of George and Ira Gershwin | from George White's Scandals 1924 | ||||
Lena Horne | The Man I Love | Stormy Weather | RCA | from Strike Up the Band 1927 | |||
Peggy Lee w/ Benny Goodman Orchestra | How Long Has This Been Going On? | The Complete Recordings | Sony | from Rosalie 1928 | |||
Frank Sinatra | I've Got a Crush on You | Nice 'N' Easy | Capitol | Strike Up the Band | |||
Chet Baker | But Not For Me | The Best of Chet Baker Sings | Blue Note | Girl Crazy | |||
Johnny Hartman | Bidin' My Time | Unforgettable | Impulse | Girl Crazy | |||
MGM Studio Orchestra | An American in Paris Main Title | An American in Paris Soundtrack | written 1928, this piece inspired the 1951 movie | ||||
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra | Summertime | The Lady Sings | Sony | Porgy and Bess 1935, this version rec. 1936 | |||
Paul Robeson | A Woman is a Sometime Thing | The Best of Paul Robeson | Porgy and Bess | ||||
Shirley Horn | I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' | I Remember Miles | Verve | Porgy and Bess | |||
Sammy Davis Jr. | It Ain't Necessarily So | Boy Meets Girl | Verve | Porgy and Bess | |||
Oscar Levant | Concerto in F | An American in Paris Soundtrack | written 1925 | ||||
Fred Astaire | Slap That Bass | Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO | Rhino | Shall We Dance 1927 | |||
Dakota Staton | They All Laughed | The Ultimate Dakota Staton | EMI | Shall We Dance | |||
June Christy | They Can't Take That Away from Me | Spotlight on June Christy | Capitol | Shall We Dance | |||
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong | Let's Call the Whole Thing Off | Ella and Louis Again | Verve | Shall We Dance | |||
Nelson Riddle Orchestra | Ambulatory Suite (Walking the Dog) | The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook | Verve | this is my favorite music from Shall We Dance | |||
Frank Sinatra | A Foggy Day | Songs for Young Lovers | Capitol | from Damsel in Distress 1937 | |||
Mel Torme | Nice Work If You Can Get It | The Bethlehem Years | Bethlehem | from Damsel in Distress 1937 | |||
Fred Astaire | Things Are Looking Up | Starring Fred Astaire | Columbia | from Damsel in Distress | |||
Blossom Dearie | Love Is Here to Stay | Once Upon a Summertime | Polygram | from Goldwyn Follies 1938 | |||
Chet Baker | Love Walked In | Chet Baker & Strings | Sony | from Goldwyn Follies | |||
Judy Garland & Dick Haymes | Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did | Best of the Decca Years | from The Shocking Miss PIlgrim, 1947 |