ELLA FITZGERALD, LOUIS ARMSTRONG
A Foggy Day

Lyric / Ira Gershwin
Music / George Gershwin

Ella & Louis ( Verve )

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Ira Gershwin(1896-1983) with George(1898-1937) Gershwin two years
differences is the man sibling. As a son of immigration of the
Russian type Judean person, they grew with New York. The father
is to be poor, but that music will be made to learn from Ira of
the older brother, buying the piano, but Ira of the man of literary
he did not repel the piano, substituted and he was decided that
George becomes familiar in the piano. as for Ira of the older
brother in addition to the writing activity of the newspaper and
the magazine from school days, George of the younger brother from
the teenage latter half at the music publisher at the time of
21 years old also writing the lyric Irving Caesar and becomes
the work including the composition of popular song, "Swanee"
hit large, Gershwin suddenly became the popular song writer.
after that uniting with older brother Ira who becomes the writing
the lyric, for the review and the musical it sent out many popular
songs in. where it is sung here A Foggy Day is the tune which is
written for the musical movie of starring Fred Astaire in 1937,
but the movie release before being done, as for George of the
younger brother because of the encephaloma died suddenly in July.
two brother made, as for many popular songs even now we sing the
standard which represents America as a tune and are succeeded,
but in addition where he die young in 39 years old George Gershwin
where it becomes the immortal famous musical work of the classic
the "Rhapsody in Blue" and opera has left "Porgy and Bess".
Louis Armstrong(1901-1971) who here sings this tune with duet
and Ella Fitzgerald(1917-1996) the person who does not know the
name with the national jazz singer who represents America it is not.
This record 1956 Satchimo(Louis Armstrong's nickname) with performing
as a duet Ella, future is sold from the Verve Record and only the
famous song of the jazz vocal is picked up.


Ella Fitzgerald ( Official Web Site )

Louis Armstrong ( Official Web Site )

Ira Gershwin ( Wikipedia )

George Gershwin ( Wikipedia )

London ( Wikipedia )

London ( Live Camera infront of the Abbey Road EMI Studio )

Amazon Music Ella Fitzgerald



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