Ira Gershwin

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American Jew human lyricist songwriter

Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist renowned for his sophisticated, witty collaborations with his brother George Gershwin on many classic Broadway and Hollywood songs.

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Label Occurrences
Ira Gershwin canonical 123
Gershwin 2
Gershwin brothers 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Jew ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
birthName Israel Gershowitz ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease ⓘ
collaboratedWith George Gershwin ⓘ
Harold Arlen ⓘ
Harry Warren ⓘ
Jerome Kern ⓘ
Kurt Weill ⓘ
Vernon Duke ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1896-12-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1983-08-17 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
familyName Ira Gershwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gershwin
fieldOfWork Broadway musical theatre ⓘ
Hollywood film music ⓘ
fullName Israel Gershowitz ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Ira ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableFor sophisticated and witty song lyrics ⓘ
notableWork A Foggy Day ⓘ
But Not for Me ⓘ
Embraceable You ⓘ
Fascinating Rhythm ⓘ
I Got Rhythm ⓘ
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off ⓘ
surface form: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

Love Is Here to Stay ⓘ
Nice Work If You Can Get It ⓘ
Of Thee I Sing ⓘ
Love Is Here to Stay ⓘ
surface form: Our Love Is Here to Stay

Someone to Watch Over Me ⓘ
Strike Up the Band ⓘ
The Man I Love ⓘ
They All Laughed ⓘ
They Can't Take That Away from Me ⓘ
surface form: They Can’t Take That Away from Me
occupation librettist ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills ⓘ
surface form: Beverly Hills, California
sibling Arthur Gershwin ⓘ
Frances Gershwin ⓘ
George Gershwin ⓘ
spouse Leonore Strunsky ⓘ
workLocation Hollywood ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

Referenced by (126)

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A Star Is Born (1954 film) → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Girl Crazy (1943 film) → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
The Man That Got Away → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
The Man That Got Away → associatedAct → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Shall We Dance → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Funny Face → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
A Damsel in Distress → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
A Damsel in Distress → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
George Gershwin → familyName → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gershwin
George Gershwin → sibling → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
George Gershwin → collaboratedWith → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
The Barkleys of Broadway → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song → namedAfter → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Lady in the Dark → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) → collaborator → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
subject surface form: Lady in the Dark
Porgy and Bess → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Gershwin Theatre → renamedInHonorOf → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Gershwin Theatre → namedAfter → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Harold Arlen → collaboratedWith → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Westchester Hills Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
I Got Rhythm → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Embraceable You → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Embraceable You → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Bidin' My Time → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Bidin' My Time → hasCreator → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Bidin' My Time → associatedWith → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Great American Songbook → hasNotableSongwriter → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
But Not for Me → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
But Not for Me → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Our Love Affair → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Our Love Affair → hasLyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Ira Gershwin → familyName → Ira Gershwin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gershwin
Girl Crazy → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
subject surface form: Girl Crazy (stage musical)
Girl Crazy → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
subject surface form: Girl Crazy (1943 film)
An American in Paris → musicBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Guy Bolton → collaboratedWith → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Kurt Weill → collaboratedWith → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Mary Holden → musicByInWork → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals → musicBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
They Can't Take That Away from Me → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
They Can't Take That Away from Me → wordsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
They Can't Take That Away from Me → associatedWithSongwriters → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gershwin brothers
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Slap That Bass → lyricist → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Slap That Bass → lyricsBy → Ira Gershwin ⓘ
Slap That Bass → associatedWith → Ira Gershwin ⓘ