Isn't It a Pity?
"Isn't It a Pity?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the unsuccessful 1933 musical Pardon My English. It was introduced by George Givot and Josephine Huston.
Notable recordings
- Victor Arden - Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra - recorded on December 8, 1932, for Victor Records.
- *Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra - recorded on January 18, 1933, for Brunswick Records.
- Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
- Mitzi Gaynor - Mitzi Gaynor Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin.
- Beverly Kenney - Born to be Blue.
- Mabel Mercer - Once in a Blue Moon
- Johnny Mathis - The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway
- Mel Tormé - That's All, and Mel Tormé and Friends.
- Carol Sloane - But Not For Me
- Michael Feinstein w/ Rosemary Clooney - Pure Gershwin
- Mel Tormé and Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You
- Shirley Horn - Here's to Life
- Barbra Streisand - A Love Like Ours
- Stacey Kent - Dreamsville
- Russell Watson and Victoria Hart - The Lost Gershwin.