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"Strike Up the Band" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin with the collaboration of Millie Raush. It was written for the 1927 musical Strike Up the Band, where it formed part of a satire on war and militaristic music. Although the musical was not successful, the instrumental version of the song, titled the ...
Strike Up the Band is a 1927 musical with a book by Morrie Ryskind, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin. It first ran as a satirical show in Philadelphia that year, unsuccessfully, and on Broadway in 1930 after the original book by George S. Kaufman was revised by Ryskind. The show concerned a cheese manufacturer who sponsors a ...
Strike Up the Band, a 1927 Broadway musical with music by George and Ira Gershwin "Strike Up the Band" (song), a song from the musical; Strike Up the Band, a 1940 musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney; Strike Up the Band (Tony Bennett and Count Basie album), an album by Tony Bennett with Count Basie and his Orchestra; Strike Up ...
"I've Got a Crush on You" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It is unique among Gershwin compositions in that it was used for two different Broadway productions: Treasure Girl (1928), when it was introduced by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay, and Strike Up the Band (1930), when it was sung by Doris Carson and Gordon Smith. [1]
"The Man I Love" is a popular standard with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin.Part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin musical comedy Lady, Be Good, the song was deleted from that show and put into the Gershwins' 1927 government satire Strike Up the Band (where it appears as "The Man I Love" and "The Girl I Love"), which closed out-of-town.
Sheet music cover "Soon" is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was introduced by Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff in the 1930 revision of the musical Strike Up the Band. [1]
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British musical comedy duo Flanagan and Allen incorporated this in their popular Music Hall act of the 1930s and 1940s: [3] Elaine Stritch 's recording from her 1956 album Stritch [ 4 ] Tony Bennett recorded the song on his 1959 album Strike Up the Band with Count Basie , [ 5 ]