The Man I Love (song)

"The Man I Love"
Song
PublishedDecember 1, 1924 (1924-12-01) Harms, Inc.[1]
Composer(s)George Gershwin
Lyricist(s)Ira Gershwin
Gershwin’s own piano transcription of “The Man I Love”
Performed by Constantin Stephan
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"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.[2]

The song was used as the title of, and was prominently featured in, the 1947 film noir melodrama The Man I Love, starring Ida Lupino and Bruce Bennett.

  1. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1924). Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1924 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 19 Part 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ "Jazz Standards". jazzstandards.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.