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Recording Details

Type
Audio / (Compilation)
Method
Studio
Language
English
Music
George Gershwin (859)
Lyrics
Ira Gershwin (709)
Conductor
Victor Baravalli (3), George Gershwin (859), Edward B. Powell (25), Nathaniel Shilkret (43), George E. Stoll (109)
Performer
June Allyson (47), Pearl Amatore (3), Victor Arden (11), Adele Astaire (28), Fred Astaire (346), Ralph Blane (114), Irene Bordoni (6), Sam Browne (27), Anne Brown (19), Chick Bullock (5), MGM Studio Chorus (55), Bing Crosby (463), Mary Dean (4), Vaughn DeLeath, Jan Duggen (2), Todd Duncan (23), Cliff Edwards (66), Ruby Elzy (5), Trudy Erwin (35), Helen Forrest (80), Judy Garland (486), George Gershwin (859), Betty Grable (78), Jon Hall (2), Dick Haymes (142), Billie Holiday (173), Hal Hopper (6), Lena Horne (205), John B. Hughes (3), Blue Jeans, Johnny Johnson and His Statler Pennsylvanians (2), Al Jolson (171), Allyn Joslyn (5), Gene Kelly (156), King Cole Trio (2), Tessa Kosta (4), Henry Kruze (4), Gertrude Lawrence (104), Dixie Lee (3), Oscar Levant (43), Ella Logan (29), Edward Matthews (9), Abbie Mitchell (2), Vaughn Monroe (24), Charles Murray (3), The Music Maids (11), Betty Norton, Wesley Prince, Benny Goodman Quartet (3), Eddie Quillan (7), Charlie Parker Quintet, Lyda Roberti (6), Ginger Rogers (89), Mickey Rooney (78), Frank Sinatra (377), Sally Sweetland (20), Bob Treaster (2), Virginia Verrill (5), Warner Bros. Studio Chorus, Ethel Waters (73)
Musician
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (11), Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (16), Fred Rich and His Hotel Astor Orchestra, Harry James & His Orchestra (7), Leo Reisman & His Orchestra (8), MGM Studio Orchestra (66), Ben Selvin Orchestra (3), NBC Radio Orchestra, RKO Studio Orchestra (2), Victor Symphony Orchestra (2), Warner Bros. Orchestra (13), Paul Whiteman Orchestra (17), RKO Radio Pictures Studio Orchestra, Samuel Goldwyn Studio Orchestra (2), Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (15), Victor Arden & Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra
Shortcode
[r12434]

Releases (2)

Format
8-CD
Label
History 203200
Released
2000-04-04
Barcode
4011222032003
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Also Contains
A Damsel in Distress - 1937 Film Soundtrack
Shall We Dance - 1937 Film Soundtrack
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim - 1947 Film Soundtrack
# Tracks
115
Length
401:39
Lists
9 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode
[rl17661]
Disc: 1
1. Variations on Fascinating Rhythm/Variations on Liza - George Gershwin
2. Second Prelude - George Gershwin
3. Interview - George Gershwin
4. I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
5. Signature - George Gershwin
6. Of Thee I Sing (Overture) - George Gershwin
7. Man I Love - George Gershwin
8. I Got Rhythm - George Gershwin
9. Commercial - George Gershwin
10. Swanee/Sign-Off - George Gershwin
11. Signature - George Gershwin
12. Mine - George Gershwin
13. Variations on "I Got Rhythm" - George Gershwin
14. Love Is Sweeping the Country - George Gershwin
15. Commercial - George Gershwin
16. Wintergreen for President/Sign-Off - George Gershwin
17. Introduction/Summertime - George Gershwin, Abbie Mitchell
18. Woman Is a Sometime Thing - George Gershwin, Edward Matthews
19. Act I, Scene 1: Finale - George Gershwin
20. My Man's Gone Now - Ruby Elzy, George Gershwin
21. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, George Gershwin
Disc: 2
1. Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
2. Prelude, No. 1 - George Gershwin
3. Prelude, No. 2 - George Gershwin
4. Prelude, No. 3 - George Gershwin
5. Andante from Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin
6. American in Paris - Victor Symphony Orchestra
7. Second Rhapsody Rehearsal Performance - George Gershwin, The Orchestra
Disc: 3
1. You've Got What Gets Me [From Girl Crazy] - Mitzi Green, Dixie Lee, Eddie Quillan, RKO Studio Orchestra
2. Fascinating Rhythm [From Girl Crazy] - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Mickey Rooney
3. Embraceable You - Ralph Blane, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Judy Garland, Henry Kruze
4. Boy! Look What Love Has Done to Me [Extended Version] - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
5. Treat Me Rough [Extended Version] - June Allyson, Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, The Music Maids, Mickey Rooney
6. I Got Rhythm - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Trudy Erwin, Judy Garland, Hal Hopper, The Music Maids, Mickey Rooney, Six Hits and a Miss
7. Could You Use Me? - Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
8. Ouverture Medley: Swanee/Somebody Loves Me/Fascinating Rhythm/Embr ... - Warner Bros. Orchestra
9. Swanee - Al Jolson
10. 135th Street Blues (Blue Monday) - John B. Hughes, Warner Bros. Studio Chorus
11. Summertime [Extended Version] - Ann Brown
12. Delishious [Extended Version] - Sally Sweetland
13. Third Prelude [Outtake] - Oscar Levant
Disc: 4
1. Shall We Dance (Ouverture) (Shall We Dance) - The Orchestra
2. Slap That Bass - Fred Astaire, , Chorus
3. (I've Got) Beginner's Luck - Fred Astaire, RKO Radio Orchestra, Nathaniel Shilkret
4. They All Laughed [With Extended Chorus] - Ginger Rogers
5. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
6. They Can't Take That Away from Me - Fred Astaire, RKO Radio Orchestra
7. Promenade (Walking the Dog) - RKO Radio Orchestra, Nathaniel Shilkret
8. Shall We Dance? - Fred Astaire
9. I Can't Be Bothered Now [From A Damsel in Distress] - Fred Astaire, RKO Radio Orchestra
10. Foggy Day - Fred Astaire, RKO Radio Orchestra
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Pearl Amatore, Fred Astaire, Mary Dean, Jan Duggen
12. Things Are Looking Up - Fred Astaire, Victor Baravalli, RKO Radio Orchestra
13. I Was Doing All Right [The Goldwyn Follies] - Ella Logan
14. Love Walked In [Artie Shaw Symphony in Swing][Outtake] - Samuel Goldwyn Studio Orchestra, Jon Hall, Edward B. Powell, Virginia Verrill
15. Oh, Lady Be Good - Artie Shaw & His Orchestra, Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
Disc: 5
1. Strike Up the Band [Broadway Rhythm] - Judy Garland, M-G-M Studio Chorus & Orchestra, Mickey Rooney, Six Hits and a Miss
2. Somebody Loves Me [Broadway Rhythm] - Lena Horne, MGM Studio Orchestra
3. Babbitt and the Bromide [Ziegfeld Follies of '46] - Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly
4. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) - Avon Long
5. Opening Music/Sweet Packard [The Shocking Miss Pilgrim]
6. Changing My Tune - Betty Grable
7. Stand Up and Fight - Chorus
8. Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? - Betty Grable, Dick Haymes
9. Changing My Tune (Reprise) - Betty Grable
10. Back Bay Polka (But Not in Boston) - Betty Grable, Allyn Joslyn, Charles Kemper
11. One, Two, Three/Waltzing Is Better Sitting Down/Waltz Me No Waltzes - Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Chorus
12. For You, For Me, For Evermore - Betty Grable, Dick Haymes
13. For You, For Me, For Evermore (Reprise) - Dick Haymes
14. Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? (Finale) - Betty Grable, Dick Haymes
Disc: 6
1. Somebody Loves Me [From George White's Scandals of 1922] - Columbians [1]
2. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise - Paul Whiteman Orchestra
3. Nashville Nightengale [Musical Nifties] - Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians
4. I Won't Say I Will (But I Won't Say I Won't) [The Frence Doll] - Irene Bordoni
5. Boy Wanted (The Rainbow Song) - Heather Thatcher
6. Song of the Flame [Oh, Kay!] - Tessa Kosta
7. Clap 'Yo Hands - Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra
8. Do, Do, Do - Gertrude Lawrence
9. Someone to Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
10. Fascinating Rhythm [Lady, Be Good!] - Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards, Paul Whiteman Orchestra
11. Oh, Lady Be Good [From Lady Be Good] - Paul Whiteman Orchestra
12. Funny Face - Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire
13. That Certain Feeling [Tip Toes] - Percival Mackey & His Band
14. Looking for a Boy - Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra
15. Sweet and Low-Down - Paul Whiteman Orchestra
16. Man I Love [From Strike Up the Band] - Vaughn DeLeath, Fred Rich and His Hotel Astor Orchestra
Disc: 7
1. My One and Only [From Funny Face] - Johnny Johnson and His Statler Pennsylvanians
2. 'S Wonderful [From Funny Face] - Victor Arden, Phil Ohman
3. Oh Gee! - Oh Joy! [From Strike Up the Band] - Ben Selvin Orchestra
4. Liza [From "Show Girl"] - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra
5. Soon [From Strike Up the Band] - Victor Arden, Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra
6. I Got Rhythm [From Girl Crazy] - Ethel Waters
7. Bidin' My Time [From Girl Crazy] - Blue Jeans
8. Sam and Delilah - Chick Bullock, Duke Ellington
9. My Cousin in Milwaukee - Lyda Roberti
10. Let 'Em Eat Cake [Let' Em Eat Cake] - Paul Whiteman Orchestra
11. Overture from of Thee I Sing - NBC Radio Orchestra
12. Who Cares? [Of Thee I Sing] - Victor Arden, Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra, Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra
13. Buzzard Song [From Porgy and Bess] - Lawrence Tibbett
14. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Todd Duncan
15. Man I Love [From Strike Up the Band] - Lena Horne
Disc: 8
1. Somebody Loves Me [George White's Scandals of 1924] - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
2. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise [From George White's Scandals of 1922 - Johnny Williams Swing Sextet
3. Summertime [From Porgy and Bess] - Billie Holiday
4. 'S Wonderful [From Funny Face] - Goodman Group, Benny Goodman Quartet
5. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) [From Show Girl][Version] - King Cole Trio
6. Who Cares? [Of Thee I Sing] - Fred Astaire
7. But Not for Me [From Girl Crazy] - Helen Forrest, Harry James & His Orchestra
8. Embraceable You - Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Jo Stafford
9. But Not for Me - Ivan Ditmars, Judy Garland
10. Mine [Let 'Em Eat Cake] - Bing Crosby, Judy Garland
11. Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did? - Vaughn Monroe, Betty Norton
12. Man I Love [From Strike Up the Band] - Billie Holiday
13. Someone to Watch Over Me [Oh, Kay!][Live] - Frank Sinatra, Axel Stordahl & His Orchestra
14. Embraceable You [From Girl Crazy] - Charlie Parker Quintet
Title
George Gershwin: Portrait
Format
3-CD
Label
The International Music Company 221482-349
Released
2003
Barcode
4011222214829
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Notes
Contains discs 2, 6 & 8 of larger 8-CD set
# Tracks
37
Lists
0 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl22316]

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