George Gershwin
New York City, New York, USA
Born: 1898-09-26Died: 1937-07-11
Jacob Gershowitz
Jacob Gershwine
Biography:
George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".
Credits
| Dance Crazy in Hollywood | Self - Composer (archive footage) | 1990-01-01 |
| The Golden Twenties | Self (archive footage) | 1950-04-08 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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