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Listen to George Gershwin, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

George Gershwin

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Listen to Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
Rhapsody In BlueGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Rhapsody in Blue (Original 1927 Recording) by George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Ferde Grofé & Nathaniel Shilkret, see lyrics, music video & more!
Rhapsody in Blue (Original 1927 Recording)George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra, Ferde Grofé & Nathaniel Shilkret
Listen to Summertime by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
SummertimeGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
Rhapsody In BlueGeorge Gershwin
Listen to An American In Paris by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
An American In ParisGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Novelette In Fourths by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
Novelette In FourthsGeorge Gershwin
Listen to That Certain Feelin by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
That Certain FeelinGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Sweet and Lowdown by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
Sweet and LowdownGeorge Gershwin
Listen to So Am I by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
So Am IGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Idle Dreams by George Gershwin, see lyrics, music video & more!
Idle DreamsGeorge Gershwin

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Listen to Gershwin: Girl Crazy - Single by Francesco La Vecchia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma & George Gershwin
ALBUMGershwin: Girl Crazy - SingleFrancesco La Vecchia, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma & George Gershwin

More albums from George Gershwin

Listen to George Gershwin Performs Original Piano Works by George Gershwin
ALBUMGeorge Gershwin Performs Original Piano WorksGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Gershwin by Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel, Claron McFadden, Bart Van Caenegem & George Gershwin
ALBUMGershwinAnima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel, Claron McFadden, Bart Van Caenegem & George Gershwin
Listen to George Gershwin Plays His Finest Works & Others by George Gershwin
ALBUMGeorge Gershwin Plays His Finest Works & OthersGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Rhapsody In Blue by George Gershwin
ALBUMRhapsody In BlueGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - 3 Preludes - An American in Paris - Second Rhapsody (1927-1931) by George Gershwin
ALBUMGershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - 3 Preludes - An American in Paris - Second Rhapsody (1927-1931)George Gershwin
Listen to Shall We Dance? Big Band Arrangements of Geraldo by The John Wilson Orchestra & George Gershwin
ALBUMShall We Dance? Big Band Arrangements of GeraldoThe John Wilson Orchestra & George Gershwin
Listen to Gershwin At the Piano - Kickin' the Clouds Away by George Gershwin & Rudolph O. Erlebach
ALBUMGershwin At the Piano - Kickin' the Clouds AwayGeorge Gershwin & Rudolph O. Erlebach
Listen to By George!/By Clive! by Clive Lythgoe & George Gershwin
ALBUMBy George!/By Clive!Clive Lythgoe & George Gershwin
Listen to Gershwin: The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2 by George Gershwin
ALBUMGershwin: The Piano Rolls, Vol. 2George Gershwin
Listen to George Gershwin by George Gershwin
ALBUMGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin
Listen to Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls by George Gershwin
ALBUMGershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano RollsGeorge Gershwin
Listen to George & Ira Gershwin: Pardon My English (1993 Studio Cast) by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin
ALBUMGeorge & Ira Gershwin: Pardon My English (1993 Studio Cast)Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin
Listen to Gershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935 by George Gershwin
ALBUMGershwin Performs Gershwin: Rare Recordings 1931-1935George Gershwin
Listen to Rhapsody in Blue by Rolf Lindblom & George Gershwin
ALBUMRhapsody in BlueRolf Lindblom & George Gershwin
Listen to Marni Nixon Sings Gershwin by Marni Nixon & George Gershwin
ALBUMMarni Nixon Sings GershwinMarni Nixon & George Gershwin
Listen to Crazy For You (Original London Cast Recording) by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
ALBUMCrazy For You (Original London Cast Recording)George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin

George Gershwin's Popular Music Videos

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Summertime
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George Gershwin Essentials
George Gershwin Essentials
Sure, he had rhythm—but also respect in the clubs and concert halls of the Jazz Age.
George Gershwin Essentials
George Gershwin: The Songwriters
George Gershwin: The Songwriters
He penned some of jazz's most enduring songs.
George Gershwin: The Songwriters

About George Gershwin

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Hometown
New York City, United States of America
Born
1898
Genre
Jazz
A Broadway tunesmith and classical composer of the Jazz Age, George Gershwin fashioned an urbane, confident brand of American music that bridged the purported gap between popular and “serious” music. Born in 1898 in Brooklyn, NY, Gershwin began working as a Tin Pan Alley pianist at age 15. In 1919 he wrote his first major hit, “Swanee,” which was popularized by Al Jolson in the 1920 musical Sinbad, and composed his first classical work, Lullaby, for string quartet. Gershwin spent the next decade writing songs for Broadway shows and revues—nearly all featuring the witty, punning lyrics of his brother, Ira—including “Embraceable You,” “’S Wonderful,” and “I Got Rhythm.” The strands of Gershwin’s career coalesced in the revolutionary Rhapsody in Blue, introduced in 1924 in an experimental concert of symphonic jazz by Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Polishing his skills as an orchestrator, Gershwin wrote further orchestral works including the Piano Concerto in F (1925), An American in Paris (1928), Second Rhapsody (1931), and Cuban Overture (1932). Most ambitious was the groundbreaking opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which featured an all-Black cast and an amalgam of Southern folk, gospel, and jazz-tinged melodies. A lifelong learner, George moved west with Ira in 1936 to write songs for Hollywood, but his career was tragically cut short after he developed a brain tumor and died in 1937.
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