I Got Rhythm: The Smithsonian George Gershwin Collection > George Gershwin

Recording Details

Date: September 19, 1995
Type: Audio / Stage Cast / (Compilation)
Language: English
Producer: Bruce Talbot (5)
Liner Notes: Dwight Blocker Bowers (21)
Orchestrations: John Ansell (7), William David Brohn (75), George Gershwin (859)
Performer: Donnie Ray Albert (5), Louis Armstrong (199), Artie Shaw & His Orchestra (11), Adele Astaire (28), Fred Astaire (346), Chet Baker (52), Tony Bennett (192), Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (16), Benny Goodman & Quartet, Jodi Benson (45), Bud Billings, Irene Bordoni (6), John Bubbles (7), Chick Bullock (5), Diahann Carroll (34), Eddie Condon (3), Bing Crosby (463), Phil Crow, Buddy DeFranco, Don Redman & His Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey (51), Todd Duncan (23), Cliff Edwards (66), Edward "Duke" Ellington (144), Eva Jessye Choir (9), Gil Evans (22), Ella Fitzgerald (252), Helen Forrest (80), Judy Garland (486), Erroll Garner (53), George Gershwin (859), Benny Goodman (78), Georges Guétary (38), Billie Holiday (173), Hollywood Bowl Orchestra (6), Lena Horne (205), Milt Jackson (19), Harry James (59), Jimmie Noone & His Orchestra, Johnny Williams Swing Sextet, Al Jolson (171), Juilliard String Quartet, Gene Kelly (156), Teddi King (25), Tessa Kosta (4), Gertrude Lawrence (104), Ella Logan (29), Shelly Manne (64), Johnny Marvin (5), Vaughn Monroe (24), Max Morath (7), Joan Morris (28), Jimmie Noone (2), Victor Symphony Orchestra (2), Joe Pass (16), Leonard Pennario, The Pied Pipers (59), Bill Potts (5), Leontyne Price (19), Don Redman (13), Carson Robison (2), Ginger Rogers (89), Linda Ronstadt (28), Mickey Rooney (78), Shelly Manne & His Men, Dinah Shore (233), Jo Stafford (182), Aileen Stanley (4), Maxine Sullivan (35), Art Tatum (10), Jack Teagarden (27), Lawrence Tibbett (22), Sarah Vaughan [1] (199), Nancy Walker [1] (47), William Warfield (29), Ethel Waters (73), Marti Webb (75), Paul Whiteman (45), Lee Wiley (59), Johnny Williams (6)
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Format: 4-CD
Label: Smithsonian Collection 107
Released: 1995-09-19
Barcode: 033251107020
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Length: 4:39:09
Lists: 12 collectors / 8 wish lists
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Disc: 1
1. Somebody Loves Me - Aileen Stanley
2. Funny Face - Johnny Marvin
3. I Got Rhythm - Ethel Waters
4. Bidin' My Time - The Blue Jeans
5. Sam And Delilah - Chick Bullock/Duke Ellington
6. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Maxine Sullivan
7. Who Cares? - Fred Astaire
8. But Not For Me - Helen Forrest/Harry James
9. The Man I Love - Lena Horne
10. Embraceable You - Jo Stafford/Pied Pipers/Tommy Dorsey
11. Mine - Bing Crosby/Judy Garland
12. Someone To Watch Over Me - Lee Wiley
13. Aren't Ya Kinda Glad We Did? - Vaughn Monroe/Butty Norton
14. Love Walked In - Teddi King
15. Isn't It A Pity? - Sarah Vaughan
16. I Loves You, Porgy - Diahann Carroll
17. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Dinah Shore
18. Love Is Here To Stay - Tony Bennett
19. Boy! What Love Has Done To Me! - Nancy Walker
20. I Don't Think I'll Fall In Love Today - Max Morath/Joan Morris
21. Do It Again - Marti Webb
22. I've Got A Crush On You - Linda Ronstadt
Disc: 2
1. I Won't Say I Will - Irene Bordoni
2. Boy Wanted - Heather Thatcher
3. Fascinating Rhythm - Cliff Edwards
4. Song Of The Flame - Tessa Kosta
5. Someone To Watch Over Me - Gertrude Lawrence
6. Funny Face - Fred And Adele Astaire
7. Of Thee I Sing Overture - NBC Radio Orchestra
8. My Cousin In Milwaukee - Lyda Roberti
9. Prelude And Summertime - Abbie Mitchell
10. The Buzzard Song - Lawrene Tibbett
11. I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Todd Duncan
12. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers
13. I Was Doing All RIght - Ella Logan
14. Could You Use Me? - Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney
15. Swanee - Al Jolson
16. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Fred Astaire
17. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - George Guetary
18. 'S Wonderful - Gene Kelly/George Guetary
19. It Ain't Necessarily So - John W. Bubbles
20. Bess, You Is My Woman Now - William Warfield/Leontyne Price
21. Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way - Donnie Ray Albert
22. I Got Rhythm - Jodi Benson
Disc: 3
1. Rhapsody In Blue - George Gershwin/Paul Whiteman
2. Prelude #1 - George Gershwin
3. Prelude #2 - George Gershwin
4. Prelude #3 - George Gershwin
5. Andante From Rhapsody In Blue - George Gershwin
6. An American In Paris - Victor Symphony Orchestra
7. Variations On 'I Got Rhythm' - George Gershwin
8. Second Rhapsody For Piano And Orchestra - Leonard Pennario/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
9. Lullaby For String Quartet - Juilliard String Quartet
Disc: 4
1. I Got Rhythm - Don Redman And His Orchestra
2. Liza - Jimmie Noone And His Orchestra
3. Summertime - Billie Holiday
4. Lady, Be Good! - Jones-Smith, Inc.
5. Somebody Loves Me - Benny Goodman And His Orchestra
6. 'S Wonderful - Benny Goodman Quartet
7. I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise - Johnny Williams And His Swing Sextet
8. The Man I Love - Artie Shaw And His Orchestra
9. Somebody Loves Me - Jack Teagarden/Eddie Condon
10. The Man I Love - Billie Holiday
11. Love Walked In - Chet Baker
12. But Not For Me - Errol Garner
13. They All Laughed - Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald
14. My Man's Gone Now - Miles Davis/Gil Evans
15. A Foggy Day - Buddy DeFranco/Art Tatum
16. Oh, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess? - Bob Brookmeyer/Bill Potts
17. Summertime - Shelly Manne And His Men
18. The Man I Love - Milt Jackson/Joe Pass