Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)

"Nice Work If You Can Get It"
Song by Fred Astaire
B-sideThings Are Looking Up[1]
PublishedSeptember 16, 1937 (1937-09-16) by Gershwin Publishing Corp., New York[2]
ReleasedNovember 1937
RecordedOctober 17, 1937[3][4]
StudioLos Angeles, California
GenreJazz
LabelBrunswick 7983[5]
Composer(s)George Gershwin
Lyricist(s)Ira Gershwin
Fred Astaire singles chronology
"A Foggy Day"
(1937) 		"Nice Work If You Can Get It"
(1937) 		"Change Partners"
(1938)

"Nice Work If You Can Get It" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

  1. ^ ""Nice Work If You Can Get It": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video". greatamericansongbook.net. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1937). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1937 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 32 Pt 3 For the Year 1937. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  3. ^ "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 7500 - 8000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. ^ "Cover versions of Nice Work if You Can Get It by Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  5. ^ Fred Astaire With Ray Noble And His Orchestra – Things Are Looking Up / Nice Work If You Can Get It (1937, Shellac), retrieved 2021-08-04