Embraceable You
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This article is about the Gershwin popular song. For other uses, see Embraceable You (disambiguation).
"Embraceable You" is a popular song, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy.
[edit] Recorded versions
- Ronnie Aldrich
- Ray Anthony
- Chet Baker
- Count Basie
- Joshua Bell
- Acker Bilk
- Stanley Black
- Earl Bostic
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Irene Cara City Heat Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Ray Charles
- Richard Clayderman
- King Cole Trio
- Nat King Cole
- Bing Crosby
- Vic Damone
- Miles Davis
- Johnny Desmond
- Jimmy Dorsey & his orchestra
- Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra
- Roy Eldridge
- Duke Ellington
- Bill Evans
- Percy Faith & his orchestra
- Michael Feinstein
- Eddie Fisher
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Helen Forrest
- Connie Francis
- Jane Froman
- Judy Garland (1939)
- Erroll Garner
- George Gershwin
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Benny Goodman
- Betty Grable
- Grappelli & Menuhin
- Bobby Hackett
- Ted Heath
- Woody Herman
- Earl Hines
- Billie Holiday
- Lena Horne
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Harry James
- Joni James
- Jack Jones
- Salena Jones
- Andre Kostelanetz
- Cleo Laine
- Jack Lemmon
- Guy Lombardo
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Dean Martin
- Mary Martin
- Johnny Mathis
- Maureen McGovern
- Glenn Miller
- Liza Minnelli
- Jane Monheit
- Peter Nero
- Red Nichols (1930)
- Red Norvo
- Helen O'Connell
- Norrie Paramor
- Charlie Parker
- Les Paul
- The Pied Pipers
- The Platters
- André Previn
- Django Reinhardt
- Cliff Richard
- Zoot Sims
- Frank Sinatra
- Jo Stafford
- Rod Stewart
- Maxine Sullivan
- Art Tatum
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
- Jack Teagarden
- Claude Thornhill & his orchestra
- Sarah Vaughan
- Dinah Washington
- Andy Williams
- Carol Lou Woodward