Artist: Ira Gershwin

Songs Credited For
- Original Songs
Tributes

Family:

George Gershwin - Brother and songwriting collaborator.

Songs Credited For

Original Songs

	Title	Artist	Date	Info
1	A Foggy Day	Fred Astaire	1937-11-19	Covered by (25 artists)
2	A Woman Is a Sometime Thing	Eddie Matthews	1935-10-10	Covered by (2 artists)
3	Bess, you is my Woman	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	1935-10-10	Covered by (6 artists) Partially covered by Barbra Streisand
4	But Not for Me	Ginger Rogers & Willie Howard	1930-10-14	Covered by (27 artists)
5	Embraceable You	Ginger Rogers & Allan Kearns	1930-10-14	Covered by (32 artists)
6	Fascinating Rhythm	Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards	1924	Covered by (3 artists)
7	Fun to Be Fooled		1934	Covered by (2 artists)
8	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Bobbe Arnst	1928-01-10	Covered by (24 artists)
9	I Can't Get Started	Bob Hope	1936-01-30	Covered by (5 artists)
10	I got plenty o' Nuttin'	Todd Duncan	1935-10-10	Covered by (5 artists)
11	I Got Rhythm	Ethel Merman	1930-10-14	Covered by (9 artists)
12	I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	1922	Covered by (4 artists)
13	I Loves You, Porgy	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan	1935	Covered by (10 artists) Partially covered by (3 artists)
14	It Ain't Necessarily So	John W. Bubbles	1935-10-10	Covered by (17 artists)
15	(I've Got a) Crush on You	Mary Hay and Clifton Webb	1928-11-08	Covered by (16 artists)
16	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck	Fred Astaire	1937-05-07	Covered by (5 artists)
17	I was Doing all Right	Ella Logan	1938	Covered by (4 artists)
18	Let's Call the Whole Thing Off	Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers	1937	Covered by (6 artists)
19	Long Ago and Far Away	Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth	1944	Covered by (12 artists)
20	Love Is Here to Stay	Kenny Baker	1938-01-28	Covered by (33 artists) Partially covered by (2 artists)
21	Love Walked In	Kenny Baker	1938-02-20	Covered by (16 artists)
22	The Man I Love	Fred & Adele Astaire	1924-12	Covered by (25 artists)
23	The Man That Got Away	Judy Garland	1954	Covered by (9 artists)
24	My Man's Gone Now	Ruby Elzy	1935-10-10	Covered by (8 artists)
25	My Ship	Gertrude Lawrence	1941	Covered by (5 artists)
26	Nice Work if You Can Get It	Fred Astaire & Joan Fontaine	1937	Covered by (13 artists)
27	Oh, Lady Be Good	Walter Catlett	1924	Covered by (7 artists)
28	Oh Lawd, I'm on my Way	Todd Duncan	1935-10-10	Covered by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
29	The Saga of Jenny	Gertrude Lawrence	1941-01-23	Covered by Dee Dee Bridgewater
30	Slap That Bass	Fred Astaire	1937-05-07	Covered by (4 artists)
31	Someone to Watch Over Me	Gertrude Lawrence	1926-11-08	Covered by (23 artists) Partially covered by Elton John
32	Strike up the Band	Max Hoffman	1927	Covered by (7 artists)
33	Summertime	Abbie Mitchell	1935-10-10	Covered by (84 artists) Partially covered by (6 artists)
34	'S Wonderful	Adele Astaire & Allan Kearns	1927	Covered by (13 artists) Partially covered by Skylab
35	There's a Boat dat's leavin' soon for New York	John W. Bubbles	1935-10-10	Covered by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Partially covered by Chris Connor
36	They all laughed	Ginger Rogers	1937	Covered by (6 artists)
37	They Can't Take That Away From Me	Fred Astaire	1937	Covered by (31 artists) Partially covered by Dinah Shore
38	This Is New	Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Mature	1941-01-23	Covered by Dee Dee Bridgewater

Tributes

	Title	Artist	Date	Label
1	Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin	Rosemary Clooney	1980	Concord Jazz

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Are Everything by Heaven 17 was originally written by Pete Shelley and performed by Buzzcocks in 1980.

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