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100 Years In
Tune With The
Gershwin Brothers.

REED JOHNSON SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

Lu Top Right: The Gershwins' Broadway musical Girl Crazycontains many
favorites: "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," "But Not For Me" and
o "Bidin' My Time."
I— Above: Michael Feinstein's newest release, Nice Work If You Can Get It:
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Songs By The Gershwins, highlights the brothers' work from 1918 to 1946.
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, Feinstein worked for Ira Gershwin from 1977 until Ira's death in 1983.

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Right: George (born Jacob Gershvin) and Ira Gershwin (born Israel
Gershvin) were the sons of Morris and Rose Gershovita, who had migrated
from Russia.