The Man I Love (song)
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| "The Man I Love" | |
| Music by | George Gershwin |
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| Lyrics by | Ira Gershwin |
| Published | 1927 |
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"The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira. Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love", the song was deleted from the show as well as from both the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up the Band (where it first appeared as "The Man I Love") and 1928 Ziegfeld hit Rosalie after tryouts. As with many standards of the era, it has become more famous as an independent popular song than as one from a Broadway musical.
[edit] Recorded versions
- Sophie Tucker 1928
- Helen Morgan [1]
- Vaughn De Leath with Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra for Columbia.[1]
- Billie Holiday
- Sarah Vaughan
- Lena Horne
- Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959).
- Hazel O'Connor
- Liza Minnelli
- Diane Schuur
- Barbra Streisand
- Valeria Golino sung in the movie Hot Shots!
- Patti LuPone on Lady With the Torch
- Peggy Lee
- Ivri Lider for the soundtrack of The Bubble
- Kate Bush
