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Isn't It a Pity?
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Wikipedia article
"'Isn't It a Pity?'" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the unsuccessful 1933 musical 'Pardon My English'. It was introduced by George Givot and Josephine Huston.
Notable recordings
*Victor Arden - Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra (vocal by Scrappy Lambert) - recorded on December 8, 1932 for Victor Records (catalog No. 24206).
*Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra - recorded on January 18, 1933 for Brunswick Records (catalog No. 6476).
*Sarah Vaughan - 'Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin' (EmArcy, 1958)
*Ella Fitzgerald - 'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook' (1959)
*Mitzi Gaynor - 'Mitzi Gaynor Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin' (Verve, 1959).
*Beverly Kenney - 'Born to be Blue' (1959).
*Mabel Mercer - 'Once in a Blue Moon' (1959)
*Johnny Mathis - 'The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway' (1960)
*Mel Torm - 'That's All' (1965) and 'Mel Torm and Friends' (1981).
*Carol Sloane - 'But Not For Me' (1986)
*Michael Feinstein w/ Rosemary Clooney - 'Pure Gershwin' (Asylum, 1987)
*Mel Torme and Cleo Laine - 'Nothing Without You' (1992)
*Shirley Horn - 'Here's to Life' (1992)
*Barbra Streisand - 'A Love Like Ours' (1999)
*Stacey Kent - 'Dreamsville' (2001)
*Russell Watson and Victoria Hart - 'The Lost Gershwin' (2008).
References
Category:Songs with music by George Gershwin
Category:Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin
Category:Ella Fitzgerald songs
Category:1933 songs
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