First full-length biography devoted to the life of Ira Gershwin. Draws on extensive archival sources and often using Ira's own words. 30 illustrations. 400 pages. The first lyricist to win the ...

Ira Gershwin has written 48 shows including Two ... Pardon My English (Lyricist), Let 'Em Eat Cake (Lyricist), Life Begins at 8:40 (Lyricist), Porgy and Bess (Lyricist), Ziegfeld Follies of ...

It sold more than a million copies in sheet music and over 2,250,000 records, setting him up for life. An early string quartet went ... man I love’, with lyrics usually by his brother Ira. Gershwin ...