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  1. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "I Can't Get Started", also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (With You)", is a #popularSong. It was written in 1936 by #VernonDuke (music) and #IraGershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the revue #ZiegfeldFolliesOf1936, where it was performed by #BobHope and #EveArden. #HalKemp and his Orchestra recorded it and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts.
    youtube.com/watch?v=HGYLrNXKtec

    #popularsong #vernonduke #iragershwin #ziegfeldfolliesof1936 #bobhope #evearden
  2. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "I Can't Get Started", also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (With You)", is a #popularSong. It was written in 1936 by #VernonDuke (music) and #IraGershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the revue #ZiegfeldFolliesOf1936, where it was performed by #BobHope and #EveArden. #HalKemp and his Orchestra recorded it and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts.
    youtube.com/watch?v=HGYLrNXKtec

    #popularsong #vernonduke #iragershwin #ziegfeldfolliesof1936 #bobhope #evearden
  3. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "I Can't Get Started", also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (With You)", is a #popularSong. It was written in 1936 by #VernonDuke (music) and #IraGershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the revue #ZiegfeldFolliesOf1936, where it was performed by #BobHope and #EveArden. #HalKemp and his Orchestra recorded it and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts.
    youtube.com/watch?v=HGYLrNXKtec

    #popularsong #vernonduke #iragershwin #ziegfeldfolliesof1936 #bobhope #evearden
  4. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "I Can't Get Started", also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (With You)", is a #popularSong. It was written in 1936 by #VernonDuke (music) and #IraGershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the revue #ZiegfeldFolliesOf1936, where it was performed by #BobHope and #EveArden. #HalKemp and his Orchestra recorded it and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts.
    youtube.com/watch?v=HGYLrNXKtec

    #halkemp #evearden #bobhope #ziegfeldfolliesof1936 #iragershwin #vernonduke
  5. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "I Can't Get Started", also known as "I Can't Get Started with You" or "I Can't Get Started (With You)", is a #popularSong. It was written in 1936 by #VernonDuke (music) and #IraGershwin (lyrics) and introduced that year in the revue #ZiegfeldFolliesOf1936, where it was performed by #BobHope and #EveArden. #HalKemp and his Orchestra recorded it and it had a bit of popularity, rising briefly to 14th place on the recording charts.
    youtube.com/watch?v=HGYLrNXKtec

    #popularsong #vernonduke #iragershwin #ziegfeldfolliesof1936 #bobhope #evearden
  6. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular #song with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin. It was introduced by #FredAstaire in the 1937 film #ShallWeDance and gained huge success.
    youtube.com/watch?v=huCKTRWiu_s

    #song #georgegershwin #iragershwin #fredastaire #shallwedance
  7. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    #OnThisDay in 1943, MGM releases last of 9 #JudyGarland-#MickeyRooney movies - "Girl Crazy", a film adaptation of #GeorgeGershwin and #IraGershwin's stage musical.

    #onthisday #judygarland #mickeyrooney #georgegershwin #iragershwin
  8. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular #song with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin. It was introduced by #FredAstaire in the 1937 film #ShallWeDance and gained huge success.
    youtube.com/watch?v=x6uDp5lYPzs

    #song #georgegershwin #iragershwin #fredastaire #shallwedance
  9. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "'S Wonderful" is a 1927 #popular song composed by #GeorgeGershwin, with lyrics written by #IraGershwin. It was introduced in the #BroadwayMusical #FunnyFace (1927) by #AdeleAstaire and #AllenKearns. The song is considered a #standard and has been recorded by many artists, especially jazz artists. In 1928, Adele Astaire, who introduced the song on stage the previous year, recorded one of the earliest versions with Bernard Clifton.
    youtube.com/watch?v=ABXEsMvCOXo

    #popular #georgegershwin #iragershwin #broadwaymusical #funnyface #adeleastaire
  10. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 popular #song with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin. It was introduced by #FredAstaire in the 1937 film #ShallWeDance and gained huge success.
    youtube.com/watch?v=erYNlCajKd4

    #song #georgegershwin #iragershwin #fredastaire #shallwedance
  11. Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @[email protected] ·

    Musical Interlude: Ever feel indecisive? Can't settle on something? Kurt Weill understood, and wrote a great justification for it. Here it is, by the great diva herself.

    "The Saga of Jenny," performed by Lotte Lenya.

    youtube.com/watch?v=R4oU7THKC5

    #MusicalInterlude #LotteLenya #KurtWeill #IraGershwin #LadyInTheDark #Broadway

    #musicalinterlude #lottelenya #kurtweill #iragershwin #ladyinthedark #broadway
  12. 50+ Music @[email protected] ·

    "I Got Rhythm" is a piece composed by #GeorgeGershwin with lyrics by #IraGershwin and published in 1930, which became a #jazzStandard. Its #chordProgression, known as the "#rhythmChanges", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as #CharlieParker's and #DizzyGillespie's #bebop standard "Anthropology (Thrivin' on a Riff)".
    youtube.com/watch?v=v4hI-xhGZug

    #georgegershwin #iragershwin #jazzstandard #chordprogression #rhythmchanges #charlieparker