Vinton Freedley A. Aarons with whom he formed a long term producing partnership. Their first major hit was "Lady Be Good!" (1924) with music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin and featuring Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire. Over the next ten years the pair produced some of the most important works in the Broadway musical canon, featuring some of the most famous songs ever to emerge from the tin pan alley era, part of what is commonly referred to as "The Great American Songbook." The shows that followed included "Tip-Toes" (1925), "Oh, Kay!" (1926), and "Funny Face" (1927), again starring the
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book 759-2 All Tracks composed by George Gershwin and all lyrics written by Ira Gershwin, unless otherwise indicated. Disc One Disc Two Disc Three Disc Four - Tracks 3 to 16 are Alternate Takes and Remixes String section Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book is a box set by American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald that contains songs by George and Ira Gershwin with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. Fifty-nine songs were recorded in the span of eight months in 1959. Fitzgerald's recording of "But Not for Me" won