Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)

"Nice Work If You Can Get It" is a popular song.

The music was written by George Gershwin, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was one of nine songs George Gershwin wrote for the movie A Damsel in Distress, in which it was performed by Fred Astaire with backing vocals provided by The Stafford Sisters. The song was published in 1937.

A version of this song was used during the opening credits of the 1995 to 1998 CBS sitcom Cybill, starring Cybill Shepherd, who performed the song herself.

The song was included in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Crazy for You and lent its name to the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It.

Notable recordings

Fred Astaire
The Andrews Sisters (1938)
Barbara Carroll - One Morning In May (2002)
June Christy - A Friendly Session, Vol. 2 (1999) with the Johnny Guarnieri Quintet
Bing Crosby on his 1956 album Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings.
Doris Day - Hooray For Hollywood (1958)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Ella Fitzgerald and Andre Previn do Gershwin, Pablo Records, 1983
The Hi-Lo's - A Musical Thrill (2006)
Billie Holiday - Quintessential Billie Holiday: Vol. V (1937), and once again in 1955.
Stan Kenton - At The Rendezvous: Vol 2 (2000) (vocal by Ann Richards)
Sting and Larry Adler
Thelonious Monk - It's Monk's Time (1964)
Georges Guetary - An American in Paris (1951)
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) and Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
Carol Sloane- But Not For Me (1986)
Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont
Jeri Southern - Jeri Southern At the Crescendo (1960)
Maxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra (recorded October 22, 1937; released November 20, 1937) - 2:49
Majestic 12- Red Hot + Rhapsody (1998)
Mel Tormé
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi (1950) recorded in 1949
Dinah Shore - Holding Hands at Midnight (1955)

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan's Girl Crazy (1930)

Adaptations

Girl Crazy (1932 film)
Girl Crazy (1943 film)
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
Crazy for You (1992 musical)

Songs

1930 musical	"Bidin' My Time" "Embraceable You" "Sam and Delilah" "I Got Rhythm" "But Not For Me" "Treat Me Rough" "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!"

1992 musical	"I Can't Be Bothered Now" "Things Are Looking Up" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Slap That Bass" "The Real American Folk Song is a Rag" "Stiff Upper Lip" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Nice Work If You Can Get It"

George Gershwin

Albums	Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls

Ballets	An American in Paris Gershwin Piano Concerto Three Preludes Who Cares? List of stagings

Operas	Blue Monday (1922) Porgy and Bess (1935)

Orchestral works	Rhapsody in Blue (1924) Concerto in F (1925) An American in Paris (1928) Second Rhapsody (1931) Cuban Overture (1932) Strike Up the Band (1934) Hoctor's Ballet (1937)

Piano compositions	Three Preludes (1926) French Ballet Class (1937)

Songs	"Aren't You Kind Of Glad We Did?" "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" "Bidin' My Time" "Blah Blah Blah" "Boy Wanted" "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" "But Not for Me" "By Strauss" "Clap Yo' Hands" "Do It Again" "Doin' Time" "Embraceable You" "Fascinating Rhythm" "A Foggy Day" "For You, For Me, For Evermore" "Funny Face" "'The Half of It, Dearie' Blues" "He Loves and She Loves" "How Long Has This Been Going On?" "I Can't Be Bothered Now" "I Got Rhythm" "I Was Doing All Right" "I've Got a Crush on You" "Isn't It a Pity?" "Just Another Rhumba" "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" "Let's Kiss and Make Up" "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" "Looking for a Boy" "Lorelei" "Love Is Here to Stay" "Love is Sweeping the Country" "Love Walked In" "The Man I Love" "My Cousin in Milwaukee" "My One and Only" "Nice Work If You Can Get It" "Of Thee I Sing" "Oh, Lady Be Good!" "Oh, So Nice!" "The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" "'S Wonderful" "Sam and Delilah" "Slap That Bass" "Somebody from Somewhere" "Somebody Loves Me" "Someone to Watch Over Me" "Soon" "Stairway to Paradise" "Stiff Upper Lip" "Strike Up the Band" "Summertime" "Swanee" "That Certain Feeling" "They All Laughed" "They Can't Take That Away from Me" "Things Are Looking Up" "Tra-la-la" "Treat Me Rough" "Walking the Dog" "Who Cares?" "You've Got What Gets Me"

Tribute albums	Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin By George Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Sings Gershwin Gershwin Live! Gershwin's World The Glory of Gershwin Ira, George and Joe Nice Work If You Can Get It Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Red Hot + Rhapsody: The Gershwin Groove Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin

Related articles	Gershwin Prize Arthur Gershwin Frances Gershwin Ira Gershwin Gershwin Theatre

List of compositions by George Gershwin Category:George Gershwin

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