Someone to Watch Over Me
Composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Someone to Watch Over Me is a song from the 1926 musical Oh, Kay!, where it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence. It has been performed by numerous artists and is a jazz standard as well as a key work in the Great American Songbook. This song was made famous to a later generation in the 1996 American movie Mr. Holland's Opus.
George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) was an American composer. He used jazz and classical styles to write popular songs, classical music, and music for theater and films. His talented brother Ira was often his lyricist.
George Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many have become jazz standards. His Porgy and Bess (1935) is widely regarded as the most important American opera of the twentieth century.
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