This 1920s song article is a stub. • Switch back to classic skin, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0, http://imslp.org/index.php?title=Oh,_Kay!_(Gershwin,_George)&oldid=2842328, Works first published in the 20th century, Pages with commercial recordings (Naxos collection), Pages with commercial recordings (BnF collection), Items with text under copyright in Canada, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Sinatra's popular recordings helped cement the standard slow style. *#179758 - 2.89MB - 3:05 -  *#179756 - 3.01MB - 3:13 -  8 Over the years, Gershwin songs have also been used in numerous films, including SHALL WE DANCE (1937), A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (1937), and AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951). KLWKN Lyrics: O kay sarap sa ilalim ng kalawakan / Kapag kapiling kang tumitig sa kawalan / Saksi ang buwan at bituin sa pagmamahalan / Nating dalawa / Nating dalawa / Tanaw pa rin kita, sinta 2 [2] The successful musical ran for more than 200 performances in New York and then saw equivalent acclaim in London in 1927; all with the song as its centerpiece. 6 Initially, "Someone to Watch Over Me" was written by George Gershwin for the musical Oh, Kay! *#419621 - 0.72MB, 5 pp. He began his career as a contributor to newspaper columns, and also worked for a touring carnival. Rex Reed Recalls Kay Thompson. [1], Lawrence's performances of the song in 1926 and 1927 were presented in a solo scene at the beginning of Act II, with Lawrence wearing a maid's uniform and singing to a rag doll that she held in her hand. The plot revolves around the adventures of the Duke of Durham and his sister, Lady Kay, English bootleggers in Prohibition Era America. A. scenery B. the orchestra in a pit C. an African-American cast D. a solo soprano … 0.0/10 More than 1,800 recordings of the song have been published, almost all of them performed in the slow ballad style.[9]. It was written for the musical Oh, Kay!, with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. _____ 6. VP_004091. Don't Ask 5. (-) - !N/22/!N - 4809×⇩ - NeptuneVII, PDF typeset by arranger • Page visited 18,014 times • Powered by MediaWiki (-) - V/N/V - 780×⇩ - MP3 - Guifré, Clap yo' Hands (Fox-trot) (EU) Music ID. (1926), FUNNY FACE (1927), STRIKE UP THE BAND (1927 and 1930), GIRL CRAZY (1930), and OF THEE I SING (1931), the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize. 2 (1926), with the part originally sung on Broadway by English actress Gertrude Lawrence while holding a rag doll in a sentimental solo scene. "Someone to Watch Over Me" is a 1926 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, assisted by Howard Dietz who penned the title. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Oh, Kay! [10] Nelson Riddle arranged two lush orchestral versions, one backing Keely Smith in 1959 on Swingin' Pretty, and the other for Linda Ronstadt in 1983 on What's New – the latter album winning a Grammy Award. It is based on the play La Présidente by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber. 8 as a "fast and jazzy" up-tempo swing tune[4][5] – marked scherzando (playful) in the sheet music[3] – but in the 1930s and 1940s it was recorded by singers in a slower ballad form, which became the standard. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Kay, his sister MARY KAY BEALL (b. Title Composer Gershwin, George: I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. Summertime Summertime (from PORGY AND BESS(R)) They Can't Take That Away From Me (from THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY) Doll as Raggedy Ann. 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