The Man I Love (song)

"The Man I Love"
"The Man I Love"
Single by Kate Bush
from the album The Glory of Gershwin
B-side	"Rhapsody in Blue (edit)"
Released	18 July 1994
Recorded	1994
Genre	Orchestral pop
Length	3:17
Label	Mercury Records
Songwriter(s)	George and Ira Gershwin
Producer(s)	George Martin
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"The Man I Love"
"The Man I Love"
Song
Published	1927
Composer(s)	George Gershwin
Lyricist(s)	Ira Gershwin

Gershwin’s own piano transcription of “The Man I Love”

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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. Part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin musical comedy Lady, Be Good, the song was deleted from that show and put into the Gershwins' 1927 government satire Strike Up the Band (where it appears as "The Man I Love" and "The Girl I Love"), which closed out-of-town. It was considered for, then rejected from, the 1928 Ziegfeld hit Rosalie .^[1]

Popular recordings in 1928 were by Marion Harris; Sophie Tucker; Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra (vocal by Vaughn De Leath); and by Fred Rich & His Orchestra (vocal also by Vaughn De Leath).^[2] 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 six-time Academy Award-winning Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron film, An American in Paris that was released in 1951.^[3]

In 2021, the song was featured in the final episode of Pose (TV series).

Other versions[]

Paul Whiteman with Frankie Trumbauer – 1928^[4]
Benny Goodman – recorded for Victor on July 30, 1937^[5]
Benny Goodman with Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa – Carnegie Hall, 1938^[4]
Artie Shaw & His Orchestra – (1939), (1945), and a recording for Columbia in 1949^[6]
Billie Holiday with Lester Young – 1939^[4]
Dorothy Lamour – recorded for Bluebird on April 26, 1939^[7]
Billie Holiday – recorded for Conqueror on December 13, 1939,^[8]
Lena Horne – recorded for Victor on December 15, 1941,^[9] (1947), and Lena Horne at the Sands (1961)
Coleman Hawkins – 1943^[4]
Lester Young with Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich – 1946^[4]
Sarah Vaughan – recorded for MGM in 1948^[10]
Art Tatum – Piano Starts Here (1949)^[4]
Miles Davis with Thelonious Monk and Milt Jackson – Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants (1954)^[4]
Art Pepper with Red Garland – Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section (1957)^[4]
Peggy Lee with Nelson Riddle for The Man I Love album (1957)
Mary Lou Williams – Live at the Cookery (1975)^[4]
Kate Bush for Larry Adler's The Glory of Gershwin album and single (1994) ^[11]

References[]

^ "Jazz Standards". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 546. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
^ An American in Paris (2015 Broadway) - song list
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com/. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kate-bush-man-i-love-video-other-sides-802924/

External links[]

At Jazz Standards

[1] "Jazz Standards". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 546. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

[3] An American in Paris (2015 Broadway) - song list

[standards-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 256–257. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.

[5] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com/. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[6] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[7] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[8] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[9] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[10] "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[11] ttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kate-bush-man-i-love-video-other-sides-802924/

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The Man I Love (song)

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