Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a jazz standard song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East Is West. It was published in 1930 and included in that year's Broadway musical Girl Crazy, performed by Ginger Rogers in a song and dance routine choreographed by Fred Astaire.
Billie Holiday's 1944 recording was inducted into the List of [Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients E-I|Grammy Hall of Fame] in 2005.
Other versions
- Irene Cara in City Heat
- Nat King Cole –
- Bing Crosby – included in the album Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin.
- Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the [George and Ira Gershwin Songbook]
- Jane Froman – With a Song in [My Heart |With a Song in My Heart]
- Judy Garland – Girl [Crazy |Girl Crazy], film
- Frank Sinatra – 1944 for Columbia, 1960 for Capitol on Nice 'n' Easy
- Erroll Garner
- Herbie Hancock – Gershwin's World
- Billie Holiday – 1944
- Billie Holiday – Body and Soul
- Chet Baker – Embraceable You
- Charlie Parker – Cool Bird
- Hazel Scott – 1942
- Idina Menzel – 2010
- Ornette Coleman – This Is [Our Music |This Is Our Music]
- Harve Presnell – When [the Boys Meet the Girls |When the Boys Meet the Girls]
- Martin Taylor – Love Songs
- Brent Spiner – Ol' [Yellow Eyes Is Back]
- Joe Lovano – 52nd Street Themes
- Geri Allen – Timeless Portraits and Dreams
- Johnny Mathis – Open [Fire, Two Guitars]
- Cliff Richard – ''Cliff Sings''