George and Ira Gershwin's great ballad was originally written for the 1924 show Lady Be Good. It was dropped when Adele Astaire's (sister of Fred) performance failed to excite audiences during the Philadelphia tryouts. The brothers attempted to fit it into a few subsequent shows but it failed to set alight the stage, meanwhile vaudeville and nightclub performances were turning it into a standard. Great performances include those by Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald.
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