This 1930 edition also had songs in it by Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin, by E. Y. Harburg and Duke, and by Harry Myers.

A third single was released amid controversy before Christmas 1984: a revival of " It Ain't Necessarily So ", the George and Ira Gershwin classic ( from Porgy and Bess ) which questions the authenticity of Biblical tales.

* 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist ( d. 1983 )

His show-stopping number was " Tchaikovsky ", by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin, in which he sang the names of a whole string of Russian composers at breakneck speed, seemingly without taking a breath.

Ira Gershwin ( December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983 ) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

It was not until 1924 that Ira and George Gershwin teamed up to write the music for their first Broadway hit Lady, Be Good !.

The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award was established in 1988 by UCLA to honor the brothers for their contribution to music and for their gift to UCLA of the fight song " Strike Up the Band for UCLA ".

Ira Gershwin was a joyous listener to the sounds of the modern world.

In 1987, Ira's widow, Leonore Gershwin, established the Ira Gershwin Literacy Center at University Settlement, a century-old institution at 185 Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side, New York City.

The George and Ira Gershwin Collection is at the Library of Congress Music Division.

* Ira Gershwin Collection at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin

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Allen's brother Ira recalled that, even at a young age, Ethan was curious and interested in learning.

In his 1907 book My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns, Ira Sankey recalled the origins of " Rescue the Perishing ":

Curtis ' comedies include Some Like It Hot ( 1959 ), Sex and the Single Girl ( 1964 ) and The Great Race ( 1965 ), and his dramas included playing the slave Antoninus in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus ( 1960 ) co-starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier, The Outsider ( 1961 ), the true story of WW II veteran Ira Hayes, and The Boston Strangler ( 1968 ), in which he played the self-confessed murderer of the film's title, Albert DeSalvo.

The title Rhapsody in Blue was suggested by Ira Gershwin after his visit to a gallery exhibition of James McNeill Whistler paintings, which bear titles such as Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket and Arrangement in Grey and Black ( better known as Whistler's Mother ).

Ira Gershwin decided to title the work " Catfish Row " to distinguish it from Robert Russell Bennett's medley.

Two musical arrangers named Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey heralded another religious revival in the cities of the U. S. and Europe, giving the song international exposure.

When designing the poster for the performance, Baez considered changing her performing name to either Rachel Sandperl, the surname of her long-time mentor, Ira Sandperl or Maria from the song " They Call the Wind Maria ".

Classic pop embraces the song output of the Broadway and Hollywood show tune writers from approximately World War I to the 1950s, such as Irving Berlin, Victor Herbert, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter and a host of others.

The revival movement employed popular singers and song leaders ( starting with Ira Sankey ) who used songs by writers such as George F. Root, P. P. Bliss, Charles H. Gabriel, William Howard Doane, and Fanny Crosby.

The technique inspired the George and Ira Gershwin song " Slap That Bass ".

At this point, Ira Gershwin and Yip Harburg agreed that Yip should start writing song lyrics.

In 1946, George and Ira Gershwin wrote a song titled, “ The Babbitt and the Bromide ,” featured in the film Zigfeld Follies.

Moody was asked by a local pastor what he felt was the primary contribution that a gospel singer and song leader such as Ira Sankey brought to his meetings he replied, " If we can only get people to have the words of the Love of God coming from their mouths it's well on its way to residing in their hearts.

In the episode of Gilmore Girls titled " S ' Wonderful S ' Marvelous " ( taken from the George and Ira Gershwin song " S ' Wonderful "), Lorelai Gilmore and Christopher Hayden watch Funny Face on a date.

* " Shine " ( Ira Losco song ), 2000

Decades later, Ira Gershwin told American songwriting historian Sheila Davis about a contribution Lawrence made to honing the lyrics of the song " My Ship " in Lady in the Dark.

* " Spellbound " ( Ira Losco song ), a 2001 song by Ira Losco

Lehrer drew the inspiration for " The Elements " from the song " Tchaikovsky and Other Russians ", written by Ira Gershwin, which listed fifty Russian composers in a similar manner.

* " Sam and Delilah ", a song by George and Ira Gershwin

Nelson, Huffman, and Lin entered a studio together for the first time in three years to record two new song ideas, with Nada Surf's Ira Elliot accompanying on drums.

This pejorative use can be heard in the introduction of the 1930 George and Ira Gershwin song But Not For Me: " I never want to hear from any cheerful pollyannas / who tell me fate supplies a mate / that's all bananas.

* " Soon " ( 1927 song ), a song written by George and Ira Gershwin, from the musical Strike Up the Band

The Ira Gershwin / Kurt Weill song " My Ship " ( sung by Bernadette Peters ) is heard at the end of the film, as Sammy listens to a music box.

* " Stiff Upper Lip " ( Gershwin song ), a song by George and Ira Gershwin