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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

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Sunday, December 6, 2020 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

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Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards	Oh, Lady Be Good!	Singing in the Rain	ASV Living Era	Happy Birthday Ira Gershwin! Every song today written by Gershwin. This song was written 1924, by George & Ira Gershwin, first sung by Walter Catlett in the play Lady, Be Good! which starred Fred & Adele Astaire
Josephine Baker	That Certain Feeling	Josephine Baker		w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin, written 1925, first sung by Allen Kearns & Queenie Smith in Tip-Toes
Fred & Adele Astaire w/ George Gershwin piano	Funny Face	I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin	Smithsonian	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin, written 1928, first sung by Fred & Adele Astaire in the play Funny Face
Ethel Waters	I Got Rhythm	I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin	Smithsonian	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin, written 1930, first sung by Ethel Merman in Girl Crazy. The play starred Ginger Rogers but Merman stole the show with this song. Ira Gershwin thought about titling it "Who Could Ask for Anything More"
Nat Gondola & His Georgians	Fascinating Rhythm	Anthology of British Vintage Jazz Vol. 2	Ihor	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin, written 1924, first sung by Cliff Edwards, Fred & Adele Astaire in the play Lady Be Good!

Ella Fitzgerald w/ Ellis Larkins piano	Someone to Watch Over Me	Ella Sings Gershwin	Verve	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin, Ella w/ Ellis Larkins, written 1926 for the play Oh, Kay! first sung by Gertrude Lawrence, originally meant to be a more up tempo song
Sarah Vaughan w/ Clifford Brown	Embraceable You	Sarah Vaughan + Clifford Brown	Polygram	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin, w. 1930 for Girl Crazy, first sung by Ginger Rogers
Frank Sinatra	I've Got a Crush On You	Nice 'n' Easy	Capitol	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin this was unusual among Gershwin songs because it appeared in 2 Broadway musicals, Treasure Girl 1928 & Strike Up the Band 1930
Dinah Washington	Our Love is Here to Stay	After Hours with Miss 'D'	Emarcy	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. This was the last song George Gershwin wrote before he died of a brain tumor in 1937. Written for The Goldwyn Follies. Gershwin hadn't finished writing down the song, composer Vernon Duke had to reconstruct the verse from Ira & Oscar Levant's memories of George playing it
June Christy	Looking for a Boy	June's Got Rhythm	Blue Note	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written 1925 for the play Tip-Toes, first sung by Queenie Smith

Benny Goodman Orchestra v/ Peggy Lee	How Long Has This Been Going On?	The Complete Recordings 1941-1947	RCA	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Originally written for 1928 for Funny Face, the song was cut and later added to the play Rosalie, where it was sung by Bobbie Arnst. The song didn't catch on until this recording in 1941
Bunny Berigen & His Orchestra	I Can't Get Started	Best of Jazz: An Introduction to Bunny Berigan		w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written 1936 for the movie Ziegeld Follies of 1936, where it was sung by Bob Hope and Eve Arden. This 1937 recording, which is in the Grammy hall of fame, was credited by Ira Gershwin as being the reason the song caught on
Lena Horne	The Man I Love	Stormy Weather		w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1924 for the play Lady, Be Good!, it was cut from the show and later used in Strike Up the Band in 1927
Fred Astaire	Things Are Looking Up	Top Hat, White Tie and Tails	ASV Living Era	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1937 for the movie Damsel in Distress where it was sung by Astaire. Gershwin died after completing the music, while the movie was in production
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra	Summertime	Lady Day	Sony	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1935 for Porgy and Bess. This recording is from a legendary 1936 session featuring Artie Shaw, Bunny Berigan and Cozy Cole. Holiday was 21 years old

Sammy Davis Jr.	It Ain't Necessarily So	Yes I Can!	Rhino	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1935 for Porgy and Bess, it was originally sung on stage by John Bubbles & later by Cab Calloway. Sammy Davis played Sportin' Life in the 1959 movie
Shirley Horn	I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'	I Remember Miles		w. Ira Gershwin and DuBose Hayward m. George Gershwin. Written in 1935 for Porgy and Bess, it was originally sung on stage by Todd Duncan.
Etta Jones	Love Walked In	Best of the Prestige Singles		w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. The music was written in 1930 but the lyrics were written in 1937 after George Gershwin's death, for The Goldwyn Follies
Dakota Staton	They All Laughed	Fascinating Rhythm: Capitol Sings George Gershwin	Capitol	w. Ira Gershwin m. Gershwin. Written in 1937 for Shall We Dance where it was sung by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Frank Sinatra	A Foggy Day	Songs for Young Lovers & Swing Easy	Capitol	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1937 for A Damsel in Distress where it was sung by Fred Astaire

Johnny Hartman	Bidin' My Time	Unforgettable	Impulse!	w. Ira Gershwin m. Gershwin. Written in 1930 for the play Girl Crazy, first sung by "The Foursome"
Sarah Vaughan	'S Wonderful	Smithsonian American Songbook Series: George Gershwin	Smithsonian	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1927 for the play Funny Face, first sung by Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns
Dinah Washington w/ Quincy Jones & His Orchestra	But Not for Me	The Swingin' Miss 'D'	Emarcy	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1930 for the play Girl Crazy, first sung by Ginger Rogers
Ella FItzgerald	Let's Take a Walk Around the Block	The George Gershwin Songbook	Verve	w. Ira Gershwin & Yip Harburg m. Harold Arlen. Written in 1934 for the play Life Begins at 8:40
Sammy Davis & Carmen McRae	Who Cares?	Boy Meets Girl		w. Ira Gershwin w. George Gershwin. Written in 1931 for the play Of Thee I Sing, first sung by William Gaxton & Lois Moran
Chet Baker	Long Ago and Far Away	The Best of Chet Baker Sings	Blue Note	w. Ira Gershwin m. Jerome Kern. Written in 1944 for the movie Cover Girl where it was sung by Rita Hayworth

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers at RKO	Rhino	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1937 for the movie Shall We Dance where it was sung by Astaire & Rogers
Peggy Lee with Dave Barbour & His Orchestra	Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did	The Great Jazz Vocalists Sing the George Gershwin Songbook		w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. The music was written in 1930 but the song was unused at the time, Ira Gershwin added lyrics in 1944. The song was used in 1947 in the movie The Shocking Miss Pilgrim where it was sung by Betty Grable & Dick Haymes
Sarah Vaughan	Nice Work if You Can Get It	Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi	Columbia Legacy	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1937 for Damsel in Distress where it was sung by Fred Astaire. A fragment of the song was originally written in 1930 with the title "There's No Stopping Me Now"
Ella Fitzgerald	I've Got Beginner's Luck	The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook	Verve	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1937 for Shall We Dance where it was played during a short tap dance by Fred Astaire. Astaire had a hit recording of it at the time
Fred Astaire	He Loves and She Loves	Funny Face OST		w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1927 for the play Funny Face, it replaced How Long Has This Been Going On? which was cut from the play. It was sung by Adele Astaire and Allen Kearns in the play. Fred Astaire sings the song in the 1957 film which is the performance we heard
Judy Garland	The Man that Got Away	Judy at Carnegie Hall		w. Ira Gershwin m. Harold Arlen. Written in 1953 for A Star is Born where it was sung by Garland

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	They Can't Take That Away from Me	Ella & Louis Again	Verve	w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin. Written in 1937 for Shall We Dance where it was sung by Fred Astaire