I agree...I LOVE Gershwin’s Songs. Even more than his “Classical” Pieces.
Especially More than “Porgy and Bess”! LOL.
My favorites are:
Embracable You
Someone to watch over Me
Somebody Loves Me
Our Love is Here to Stay.
I Use “Someone to Watch over me” as an example of the perfectly crafted song when I teach Songwriting and Interpretation. The Song uses all the diminished chords in the the first few lines, and the chords fall on the internal rhymes! MASTERFUL!
NOBODY writes like that anymore!
I have come to the conclusion that the Entertainment Industry is no longer interested in either producing art OR making money, but only in furthering their left wing agenda. They are the “Ministry of propaganda” for the forces that wish to destroy America. Just my Humble opinion.
And Ella Fitzgerald’s version is the best rendition of that song. Beautiful. So very intimate.
Well! THAT explains it. LOL Seriously, I'd love to hear the songs too. There's hardly anything current that I can stand.
If these forgotten songs really exist maybe we should try yet to get them resurrected. I wonder if the people who own them would let them go to a non profit organized to have them produced as a legacy to George and Ira Gershwin. Maybe with your knowledge ltos you could be a starting place. It would be so marvelous. This nation could really use a beautiful and wonderful blast from the past such as this would be!