The Man I Love (song)

"The Man I Love"
Song

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The Man I Love, first 8 bars, tenor saxophone

"The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin. Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love", the song was deleted from the show as well as from both the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up the Band (where it first appeared as "The Man I Love") and 1928 Ziegfeld hit Rosalie after tryouts. It is the basis for the 1947 film The Man I Love starring Ida Lupino and Bruce Bennett and featured prominently throughout.

As with many standards of the era, it has become more famous as an independent popular song than as one from a Broadway musical.

The song was included in the 2015 Broadway musical An American In Paris based on the movie of same name.

Recorded versions

Franck Amsallem - Summer Times (2003)
Dorothy Ashby - Soft Winds (1961)
Tony Bennett & Sheryl Crow
Kate Bush & Larry Adler
Ray Charles on The Great Ray Charles (1957)
Cher
Zebedy Colt
Rita Coolidge
Miles Davis, with Thelonious Monk - Miles Davis and The Modern Jazz Giants (1954)
Vaughn De Leath with Paul Whiteman's Concert Orchestra for Columbia.^[1]
Devics
Bill Evans/Bob Brookmeyer on their album The Ivory Hunters (1959)^[2]
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)
Marie Fredriksson on the opening show for The Stockholm Globe Arena on February 19, 1989.
Helen Forrest
Judy Garland on a 1944 radio broadcast
Valeria Golino and Rachel Sweet^[3] sang it in the movie Hot Shots!
Benny Goodman
Coleman Hawkins (1943)
Billie Holiday, with Lester Young (1939)
Lena Horne
Etta James - Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994)
Jarboe
Stan Kenton - Stan Kenton On AFRS (1944-1945)
Kathy Kirby
Hildegard Knef
Frances Langford
Ledisi
Peggy Lee
Ivri Lider for the soundtrack of The Bubble
Patti LuPone on Lady With the Torch
Liza Minnelli
Joni Mitchell, with Herbie Hancock (1998)
Helen Morgan^[4]
Hazel O'Connor
Anita O'Day - An Evening with Anita O'Day (1956)
Diana Ross
Diane Schuur
Barbra Streisand
Donna Summer
Rokia Traore
Sophie Tucker 1928
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (1958)
Caetano Veloso
Dinah Washington
Ben Webster, with the Tete Montoliu Trio - Gentle Ben (1972)
Lester Young (1946)
Hindi Zahra (2011)^[5]

Literature

Alec Wilder American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 Oxford University Press: Oxford 1972, ISBN 0-19-501445-6.
Ira Gershwin Lyrics on Several Occasions Limelight Editions: New York City 1973.
Philip Furia Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist Oxford University Press: Oxford 1996, ISBN 0-19-508299-0.
Ted Gioia The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire Oxford University Press: Oxford 2012, ISBN 978-0199937394.

References

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External links

Portrait of the song (jazzstandards.com)

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v t e George Gershwin
Albums	Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls
Ballets	An American in Paris Gershwin Piano Concerto Three Preludes Who Cares? List of stagings
Operas	Blue Monday (1922) Porgy and Bess (1935)
Orchestral works	Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Concerto in F (1925) An American in Paris (1928) Second Rhapsody (1931) Cuban Overture (1932) Strike Up the Band (1934) Hoctor's Ballet (1937)
Piano compositions	Three Preludes (1926) French Ballet Class (1937)
Songs	"Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" "Bidin' My Time" "Blah Blah Blah" "Boy Wanted" "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" "But Not for Me" "By Strauss" "Clap Yo' Hands" "Do It Again" "Doin' Time" "Embraceable You" "Fascinating Rhythm" "A Foggy Day" "For You, For Me, For Evermore" "Funny Face" "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" "He Loves and She Loves" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "I Can't Be Bothered Now" "I Got Rhythm" "I Was Doing All Right" "I've Got a Crush on You" "Isn't It a Pity?" "Just Another Rhumba" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" "Looking for a Boy" "Lorelei" "Love Is Here to Stay" "Love is Sweeping the Country" "Love Walked In" "The Man I Love" "My Cousin in Milwaukee" "My One and Only" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Of Thee I Sing" "Oh, Lady Be Good!" "Oh, So Nice!" "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" "'S Wonderful" "Sam and Delilah" "Slap That Bass" "Somebody from Somewhere" "Somebody Loves Me" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Soon" "Stairway to Paradise" "Stiff Upper Lip" "Strike Up the Band" "Swanee" "That Certain Feeling" "They All Laughed" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Things Are Looking Up" "Tra-la-la" "Treat Me Rough" "Walking the Dog" "Who Cares?" "You've Got What Gets Me"
Tribute albums	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin By George Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Sings Gershwin Gershwin Live! Gershwin's World The Glory of Gershwin Ira, George and Joe Nice Work If You Can Get It Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin
Related articles	List of compositions Gershwin Prize Arthur Gershwin Frances Gershwin Ira Gershwin Gershwin Theatre

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