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George Gershwin at the Piano Oh, lady be good (with sheet music)
George Gershwin at the Piano Oh, lady be good (with sheet music
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"Oh, Lady Be Good!" is a 1924 song by George and Ira Gershwin. It was
introduced by Walter Catlett in the Broadway musical Lady, Be Good!
written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin brothers and
starring Fred and Adele Astaire. The song was also performed by the
chorus in the film Lady Be Good (1941), although the film is unrelated
to the musical.
Recordings in 1925 were by Paul Whiteman, Carl Fenton, and Cliff
Edwards. A 1947 recording of the song became a hit for Ella Fitzgerald,
notable for her scat solo. For her album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the
George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), it was sung as a ballad
arranged by Nelson Riddle.
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