The Man I Love

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lyricist:Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:New World Company
New World Music Corp.
Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises
Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-nat-king-cole-trio-the-man-i-love-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/4696 [info]
Wikidata:Q1828805 [info]
referred to in medleys:Main Title (from the 1977 film “New York, New York”) (order: 4)
later translated versions:Ein Mann für mich (The Man I Love)
Man van mijn hart
Mia zwa
later versions:Signature (“Music by Gershwin” Radio Show)
part of:An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Lady, Be Good (full musical) (order: 7)
is the basis for:7 Virtuoso Études: The Man I Love
Любимый мой
arrangements:The Man I Love (for piano solo, arr Gershwin)
The Man I Love (for solo piano, transcr. by Percy Grainger)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1927-12-08The Man I LoveMarion Harris?:??
1927-12-08The Man I Love [1927]coverMarion Harris3:24
1927-12-10The Man I Love (matrix W145295-3)Vaughn De Leath with Fred Rich & His Hotel Astor Orchestra3:11
1927The Man I LoveVaughn De Leath, Fred Rich and His Orchestra3:03
1928-05-16The Man I LovePaul Whiteman & His Orchestra4:38
1928-05-16The Man I LovePaul Whiteman & His Orchestra4:23
1928-05-16The Man I LovePaul Whiteman and His Orchestra?:??
1928-05-16The Man I LovePaul Whiteman and his Orchestra with Bing Crosby4:25
1928-05-16The Man I LovePaul Whiteman & His Orchestra4:30
1928-05-16The Man I Love (take 2)Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra4:33
1928-05-16The Man I Love (take 4)Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra4:33
1934-02-19"Music by Gershwin" 2/19/34: III - The Man I LoveGeorge Gershwin4:44
1934The Man I LoveGlen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra3:04
1936-10-13The Man I LoveElisabeth Welch with Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet2:53
1937-07-30The Man I LoveinstrumentalThe Benny Goodman Quartet3:27
1937-07-30The Man I LoveThe Benny Goodman Quartet3:26
1938-01-16The Man I Loveinstrumental and liveBenny Goodman3:28
1938-01-16The Man I Love (live, mono, 1938-01-16: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveBenny Goodman?:??
1938-01-16The Man I LoveliveBenny Goodman3:25
1939-01-23The Man I LoveArtie Shaw3:11
1939-01-23The Man I LoveArtie Shaw and His Orchestra?:??
1939-01-23The Man I LoveArtie Shaw and His Orchestra3:14
1939-06-28The Man I LoveTeddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:24
1939-06-28The Man I LoveinstrumentalTeddy Wilson and His Orchestra3:21
1939-08-10The Man I LoveTeddy Wilson and His Big Band2:54
1939-08-25The Man I Love (1939-08-25: London)coverDjango Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli3:15
1939-08-25The Man I LoveDjango Reinhardt3:14
1939-08-25The Man I LoveDjango Reinhardt3:13
1939-08-25The Man I LoveDjango Reinhardt3:16
1939-08-25The Man I Love (1939-08-25: London)instrumentalDjango Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli3:15
1939-12-13Man I LoveBillie Holiday & Lester Young3:06
1939-12-13The I Man I LoveBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra?:??
1939-12-13The man I loveLester Young3:06
1939-12-13The Man I LoveBillie Holiday3:07
1939-12-13The Man I Love (1939-12-13)Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:08
1939-12-13The Man I LoveBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:03
1939-12-13The Man I LoveBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:05
1939-12-13The Man I LoveBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:07
1939-12-13The Man I LoveBillie Holiday & Her Orchestra3:06
1939-12-15The Man I LoveBillie Holiday and Her Orchestra3:01
1939The Man I Love (1939-08-25)Quintette du Hot Club de France3:12
1940-11-13The Man I LoveBenny Goodman3:53
1940-11-13The Man I LoveBenny Goodman and His Orchestra3:49
1940-11-13The Man I Love (mx. X-CO 29063-1)Benny Goodman and His Orchestra3:53
1940-12-19The Man I Love (1940-12-19)Billie Holiday & Lester Young2:46
1941-09-17The Man I LoveinstrumentalHerman Chittison3:14
1941-10-25The Man I LovecoverHarry James and His Orchestra with Helen Forrest?:??
1943-08-28Embraceable You / The Man I Love (broadcast recording, 1943-08-28)live and medleyJudy Garland4:16
1943-12-18The Man I LoveinstrumentalEdmond Hall Sextet3:18
1943-12-23The Man I LoveinstrumentalColeman Hawkins’ Swing Four5:10
1943-12-23The Man I LoveinstrumentalColeman Hawkins’ Swing Four5:08
1943-12-23The Man I Love (New York, December 23, 1943)Coleman Hawkins5:05
1944-01-17The Man I Love (1944-01-17 recording)cover and instrumentalKing Cole Trio3:22
1944-01-17The Man I Love (1944-01-17: Los Angeles, CA, USA)King Cole Trio3:22
1944-01-17The Man I LoveKing Cole Trio3:22
1944-03-30The Man I LoveEddie Condon3:15
1944-04The Man I LoveinstrumentalEddie Heywood3:26
1944-05-01The Man I LoveinstrumentalArt Tatum Trio4:14
1944-05-01The Man I LoveinstrumentalArt Tatum Trio4:10
1944-07-02The Man I LoveliveNat King Cole2:54
1944-07-27The Man I LoveinstrumentalRed Norvo All-Star Sextet4:13
1944-10-10The Man I LoveinstrumentalRed Norvo?:??
1944-12-04The Man I LoveinstrumentalEdmond Hall Swing Sextet3:09
1944-12-12The Man I LoveEddie Condon and His Orchestra3:07
1944-12-13The Man I LoveinstrumentalEddie Condon and His Orchestra With Lee Wiley3:14
1944-12-14The Man I LoveEddie Condon and His Orchestra3:14
1944-12-14The Man I LoveEddie Condon3:14
1944The Man I LovecoverNat King Cole3:25
1945-05-02The Man I LoveinstrumentalFrank Socolow's Duke Quintet3:21
1945-05-03The Man I LoveHazel Scott2:45
1945-06-07The Man I Lovecover and instrumentalBarney Kessel’s Allstars3:16
1945-06-09The Man I LoveinstrumentalRed Norvo and His Orchestra4:33
1945-06-09The Man I LoveinstrumentalGene Krupa Trio5:57
1945-06-12The Man I LoveArtie Shaw and His Orchestra3:11
1945-10-26Gershwin Medley: The Man I Love / Summertime / I've Got Plenty of Nuttin' / It Ain't Necessarily Soinstrumental, live and medleyArt Tatum4:25
1945-12-03The Man I LoveinstrumentalEddie Heywood and His Orchestra3:06
1945-12-19The Man I LoveMildred Bailey3:08
1945The Man I LoveinstrumentalHoward McGhee3:15
1945The Man I LoveArtie Shaw3:06
1946-01-27The Man I Love Parts 1 & 2instrumentalCharlie Ventura5:10
1946-01-27The Man I Love, Part 1instrumentalCharlie Ventura Sextet2:41
1946-01-27The Man I Love, Part 2instrumentalCharlie Ventura Sextet2:59
1946-01-28The Man I LoveliveDizzy Gillespie, Willie Smith, Charlie Ventura, Lester Young, Mel Powell, Bill Hadnott & Lee Young15:08
1946-02-16The Man I LoveinstrumentalMary Lou Williams2:25
1946-02-26The Man I LoveGene Krupa and His Orchestra4:19
1946-03-31The Man I LoveliveGene Krupa & His Orchestra3:51
1946-03The Man I LoveinstrumentalCharlie Ventura Septet4:03
1946-03 – 1946-04The Man I Lovecover and instrumentalLester Young-Buddy Rich Trio4:51
1946-03 – 1946-04The Man I Lovecover and instrumentalLester Young4:50
1946-04-06The Man I LovecoverDinah Washington2:58
1946-05-27The Man I LoveliveThe Gene Krupa Trio9:01
1946-05-27The Man I LoveliveGene Krupa Trio4:16
1946-06-03The Man I Love (live, 1946-06-03: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveBillie Holiday3:04
1946-06-03The Man I LoveliveBillie Holiday3:05
1946-06-03The Man I Love (1946-06-03)Billie Holiday & Lester Young3:04
1946-06The Man I Loveinstrumental and liveDizzy Gillespie Big Band5:29
1946-06The Man I Love (Incomplete)instrumental, live and partialDizzy Gillespie Big Band3:39
1946-09-30The Man I LoveFreeman Four3:20
1946-11-23The Man I Love (1946-11-23, mx. 164-3)Wardell Gray3:04
1946-11-23The Man I Love (1946-11-23, mx. 164-3)instrumentalWardell Gray Quartet3:05
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