| "Embraceable You" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Ginger Rogers | |
| Written | 1928 |
| Published | 1930 by Harms Inc. |
| Composer(s) | George Gershwin |
| Lyricist(s) | Ira Gershwin |
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East Is West. It was published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy where Ginger Rogers performed it in a song and dance routine choreographed by Fred Astaire.
Billie Holiday's 1944 recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]
Other versions
- Geri Allen – Timeless Portraits and Dreams (2006)[2]
- Nat King Cole – (1943)[2]
- Bing Crosby (recorded November 12, 1947)[3] – included in the album Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin.
- Ella Fitzgerald, – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)[2]
- Jane Froman – With a Song in My Heart[4]
- Judy Garland – Girl Crazy, film (1943)[5]
- Erroll Garner[2]
- Herbie Hancock – Gershwin's World (1998)[2]
- Billie Holiday – 1944[2]
- Billie Holiday – Body and Soul (1957)[2]
- Chet Baker – Embraceable You (album) (1957)
- Charlie Parker – Cool Bird (1947)[2]
- Hazel Scott – 1942[2]
- Idina Menzel – 2010[2]
- Ornette Coleman – This Is Our Music (1961)
- Harve Presnell – When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
- Martin Taylor - Love Songs 2019
- Brent Spiner - Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back (1991)
See also
- List of 1930s jazz standards
References
- ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". GRAMMY.org. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 97–99. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ "A Bing Crosby Discography". BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ William Ruhlmann (2003-08-12). "With a Song in My Heart (from the film); Pal Joey (with 1952 cast members) – Jane Froman | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ Dir. Norman Taurog, Busby Berkeley (1943). "Judy Garland – Embraceable You on Lost Vocals". Girl Crazy. MGM. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-31.