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21 Nov 2009, 2:33 pm
 The new season of Encores began with "Girl Crazy," the musical show by George and Ira Gershwin that first opened in 1930, scored an immediate hit with such classic tunes as "Embraceable You" and "I've Got Rhythm," made a star of Ethel Merman, and ran for a then-wonderful 272 performances in the heart of the Depression. [read post]
15 Oct 2022, 12:44 am
"Someone to Watch over Me" was written by George and Ira Gershwin in 1926 for the now forgotten musical Oh, Kay! [read post]
13 Sep 2009, 6:09 am
Apparently I haven't posted enough Gershwin lyrics, even though Ira's lyrics (and George's music) are among the few to have appeared more than once. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 6:07 am
” The Gershwin heirs — chiefly nephews and grand-nephews of George and Ira, who had no children of their own — sought a Broadway-suitable “Porgy” to license to other musical producers worldwide with the hopes of earning millions of dollars before the right to the famous songs expire in 2030. [read post]
14 Jul 2018, 8:37 am
"(...)The group's major hits were "See You In September" (1966), which was originally recorded by The Tempos in 1959, and a cover version of the George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin song, "I Got Rhythm" (1967), updated for the group's sunshine pop musical style. [read post]
20 Jul 2008, 4:00 am
Gershwin was a masterful storyteller, even when only doing it to music, before adding any lyrics. [read post]
20 Jul 2008, 4:00 am
Gershwin was a masterful storyteller, even when only doing it to music, before adding any lyrics. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 10:00 pm
Milne, When We Were Very Young Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle’s Circus Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Ant Men Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett), The King of Elfland’s Daughter Music Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin Fascinating Rhythm and Oh, Lady Be Good, music George Gershwin, lyrics Ira Gershwin Lazy, Irving Berlin Jealous Hearted Blues, Cora… [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 11:56 am
George and Ira Gershwin, along with Heyward, adopted the novel into “Porgy and Bess,” the opera. [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 5:21 pm
One audience member mentioned another, somewhat less bizarre example: restrictions placed by Ira Gershwin and his heirs on performances of his opera Porgy and Bess (requiring the work be performed with black actors in the lead roles), which would be impossible without copyright protections. [read post]
15 Nov 2014, 3:30 am
Some 20,000 works composed by popular musicians including The Eagles, Pharrell Williams, Boston, Foreigner, John Lennon, Smokey Robinson, Chris Cornell, and George and Ira Gershwin could soon be removed from YouTube - just as the Google streaming giant launches it's YouTube Music Key, it's much-anticipated music subscription service that will compete with Spotify and Pandora. [read post]
3 Feb 2021, 4:30 pm
The year 1925 was also a big year for landmark musical compositions, with entries from composers such as Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Jerome Kern, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, George and Ira Gershwin, Vincent Youmans, Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, and Gertrude “Ma” Rainey. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 7:46 am
We Have No Bananas and George and Ira Gershwin's I Won't Say I Will But I Won't Say I Won't - were originally scheduled to enter the public domain in 1979, thanks to the 1976 extension they got an extended lease on their copyrights, which would now be valid until 1999 (1923 plus 75 years); later works received the same retroactive extension, i.e., copyright in works from 1924 would now run until 1/1/2000, those from 1925 until 1/1/2001, etc. [read post]
6 Sep 2013, 6:36 am
These provisions have far more potential than simply enabling the making of mash-up “dancing baby” and “cute cat” videos for YouTube, not that such activity is unimportant in its own right.One of these “applications”, namely #8 concerning musical works and [read post]
2 Sep 2012, 6:06 am
Handshake of Queen Elizabeth and IRA. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 4:00 am
As an exception to the universally accepted view that law society committees are “all form and no substance” in regard to the “unaffordable legal services problem” (“the problem”), there is one Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) committee that has produced a Discussion Paper that has great substance, although some ingrates are so inconsiderate as to say that it’s not “the right stuff”; see: Alternative Business Structures and the Legal Profession… [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 1:41 pm
The other day, I was blogging about tags, and somebody asked what are all the tags. [read post]
