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Ira Gershwin fue un destacado letrista de musicales de teatro estadounidense, que colaboró con su hermano menor ―el compositor George Gershwin― para crear algunas de las canciones más memorables del siglo XX.

Con George, escribió más de una docena de espectáculos de Broadway, con canciones como «I Got Rhythm», «Embraceable You», «The Man I Love» y «Someone to Watch Over Me», además de la ópera Porgy and Bess.

El éxito que obtuvo su hermano George, a menudo ha eclipsado el papel creativo que tuvo Ira. Juntos hicieron su última colaboración en la película musical Shall we dance de 1937, protagonizada por Ginger Rogers y Fred Astaire. Algunas de las canciones de la película se convirtieron en un éxito inmediato, como el caso de «They can’t take that away from me , «Let's call the whole thing off» o «They all laughed», que fueron versionadas por numerosos artistas tales como Ella Fitzgerald o Louis Armstrong. Sin embargo, la temprana muerte de su hermano George le afectó e Ira estuvo un tiempo retirado. Después continuó coescribiendo canciones de éxito junto a compositores como Jerome Kern , Kurt Weill y Harold Arlen.

En 1946 fue padrino de bautismo de Liza Minnelli. Wikipedia  

✵ 6. diciembre 1896 – 17. agosto 1983
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Ira Gershwin: Frases en inglés

“The way you wear your hat,
The way you sip your tea,
The mem'ry of all that –
No, no! They can't take that away from me!”

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Ira Gershwin

"They Can't Take That Away from Me", Shall We Dance.

“Nice work if you can get it,
And you can get it if you try.”

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"Nice Work If You Can Get It", A Damsel in Distress (1937).

“You've made my life so glamorous,
You can't blame me for feeling amorous.
'S wonderful, 's marvellous
That you should care for me.”

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"'S Wonderful", Funny Face, Act I (1927).

“Poor Jenny, bright as a penny!
Her equal would be hard to find.
She lost one dad and mother,
A sister and a brother--
But she would make up her mind.”

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"The Saga of Jenny", Lady in the Dark

“You like potato and I like po-tah-to,
You like tomato and I like to-mah-to;
Potato, po-tah-to, tomato, to-mah-to –
Let's call the whole thing off!”

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"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", Shall We Dance (1937).

“They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
When he said the world was round;
They all laughed when Edison recorded sound.”

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"They All Laughed", Shall We Dance.

“In time the Rockies may crumble,
Gibraltar may tumble,
They're only made of clay,
But our love is here to stay.”

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"Our Love Is Here to Stay", The Goldwyn Follies (1938).

“Summertime and the livin' is easy,
Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high.
Oh yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma is good lookin',
So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.”

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"Summertime", Porgy and Bess, Act I, sc. i (1935). Lyric written in collaboration with DuBose Heyward.

“It ain't necessarily so,
It ain't necessarily so.
De t'ings dat yo' li'ble
To read in de Bible,
It ain't necessarily so.”

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"It Ain't Necessarily So", Porgy and Bess, Act II, sc. ii.

“I got rhythm,
I got music,
I got my man
Who could ask for anything more?”

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"I Got Rhythm", Girl Crazy, Act I (1930).