Ira Gershwin
Official videos
Latest releases
Gershwin's Porgy & Bess: A Classical Selection
How Can I Keep from Singing: A Selection of Arrangements by Dr. Ronald Staheli for BYU Singers, 1984-2015
Summertime (Arr. by Christian-Pierre La Marca & Baptiste Trotignon)
Strike Up the Band
The Man I Love
The Music of the Musical 'Lady in the Dark'
The Music of the Musical 'Girl Crazy'
Tryout (a Series of Private Rehearsal Recordings)
Lady, Be Good! (2015 Encores! Cast Recording)
Best of Jazz Crooners (50 Essential Songs from Franck Sinatra to Nat "King" Cole)
Welsh Male Voices Sing Gershwin
George & Ira Gershwin's Lady, Be Good
About this artist
American lyricist (born December 6, 1896 in New York City, New York (USA), died August 17, 1983 in Beverly Hills, California (USA).
Lyrics with Ira only
I Can't Get Started (composed by Vernon Duke)
My Ship (Kurt Weill)
The Man That Got Away (Harold Arlen)
Long Ago (And Far Away) (Jerome Kern)
The older brother of George Gershwin and a close friend of E.Y. Harburg. The two worked together writing lyrics. Ira started his career in 1918 under the pen name of Arthur Francis. It was not until 1924 that Ira and George began a collaboration that would prove one of the most successful and prolific in history.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.