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{{Short description|1938 song by George and Ira Gershwin}}
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"'''Love Is Here to Stay'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] song and [[jazz]] standard composed by [[George Gershwin]] with lyrics by [[Ira Gershwin]] for the movie ''[[The Goldwyn Follies]]'' (1938).
"'''Love Is Here to Stay'''" is a [[popular music|popular song]] and [[jazz standard]] composed by [[George Gershwin]] with lyrics by [[Ira Gershwin]] for the movie ''[[The Goldwyn Follies]]'' (1938).


== History ==
== History ==
"Love Is Here to Stay" was first performed by [[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]] in ''[[The Goldwyn Follies]]'' but became popular when it was sung by [[Gene Kelly]] to [[Leslie Caron]] in the film ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951).<ref name="jablonski">{{cite book |last1=Jablonski|first1=Edward |title=Gershwin | date=1988 |publisher=Simon & Schuster | location = London |isbn=0671699318 |page =317}}</ref> The song appeared in ''[[Forget Paris]]'' (1995) and ''[[Manhattan (film)|Manhattan]]'' (1979). It can also be heard in the film ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989) sung by [[Harry Connick Jr.|Harry Connick Jr]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicfromfilm.com/movies/whenharrymetsally.php |title=When Harry Met Sally (1989) |publisher=Musicfromfilm.com |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
"Love Is Here to Stay" was first performed by [[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]] in ''[[The Goldwyn Follies]]'' but became popular when it was sung by [[Gene Kelly]] to [[Leslie Caron]] in the film ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951); however, it was not included in the 2015 Broadway musical ''[[An American in Paris (musical)|An American in Paris]]''.<ref name=broadway>{{cite web|author=Marilyn Stasio |url= https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/american-in-paris-review-broadway-1201471069/ |title=Islands: Broadway Review: 'An American in Paris' |publisher=Variety |date=April 12, 2015 |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref><ref name="jablonski">{{cite book |last1=Jablonski|first1=Edward |title=Gershwin | date=1988 |publisher=Simon & Schuster | location = London |isbn=0671699318 |page =317}}</ref> The song appeared in ''[[Forget Paris]]'' (1995) and ''[[Manhattan (1979 film)|Manhattan]]'' (1979).


An instrumental version of the song is heard in an episode of TV's ''[[The Honeymooners]]'' when Alice turns to Ralph and says: "I loved you ever since the day I walked in your bus and you shortchanged me."<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|author=William Grimes |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/17/news/honeymooners-isn-t-over-as-early-sketches-turn-up.html |title=Islands: 'Honeymooners' Isn't Over, As Early Sketches Turn Up |work=The New York Times |date=March 17, 1993 |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
It can also be heard in the film ''[[When Harry Met Sally...]]'' (1989) sung by [[Harry Connick Jr.|Harry Connick Jr]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://musicfromfilm.com/movies/whenharrymetsally.php |title=When Harry Met Sally (1989) |publisher=Musicfromfilm.com |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>


The song is also used in the musical ''[[The 1940's Radio Hour]]'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_n/1940sRadioHour.html|title=1940s Radio Hour |publisher=guidetomusicaltheatre.com |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref> however, it was not included in the 2015 Broadway musical ''[[An American in Paris (musical)|An American in Paris]]''.<ref name=broadway>{{cite web|author=Marilyn Stasio |url= https://variety.com/2015/legit/reviews/american-in-paris-review-broadway-1201471069/ |title=Islands: Broadway Review: 'An American in Paris' |publisher=Variety |date=April 12, 2015 |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>
An instrumental version of the song is sometimes heard in certain episodes of the American television sitcom [[The Honeymooners]] when Ralph Kramden apologizes to his wife Alice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-0/loveisheretostay.htm |title=Love Is Here to Stay (1938) |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date= |website=www.jazzstandards.com/ |publisher= |access-date=March 25, 2024 |quote= Love Is Here to Stay - The Honeymooners (1955) Ralph Kramden's apology to Alice music}}</ref><ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|author=William Grimes |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/17/news/honeymooners-isn-t-over-as-early-sketches-turn-up.html |title=Islands: 'Honeymooners' Isn't Over, As Early Sketches Turn Up |work=The New York Times |date=March 17, 1993 |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://open.spotify.com/track/0DuUkZ4W5wL0SIJzMixgTT Jackie Gleason: ''The Jackie Gleason Story''. ''Our Love Is Here To Stay''. "Ralph Kramden's Apology to Alice". 2013. ''Spotify''.]</ref>

The song is also used in the musical ''[[The 1940's Radio Hour]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_n/1940sRadioHour.html|title=1940s Radio Hour |publisher=guidetomusicaltheatre.com |access-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref>


== Composition ==
== Composition ==
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== The Goldwyn Follies ==
== The Goldwyn Follies ==
Ira Gershwin recalled, "So little footage was given to 'Love Is Here to Stay' — I think only one refrain — that it meant little in ''The Goldwyn Follies''."<ref name="jablonski" /> Oscar Levant remembers the producer for the film calling Gershwin into a conference one afternoon and insisting that he play the entire score for a panel of attendees. The experience infuriated George, who thought that he had progressed past this stage in his career as a composer.<ref name="ignorance">{{cite book|last1=Levant|first1=Oscar|title=A Smattering of Ignorance |date=1942 |publisher=Garden City Publishing |page=196 }}</ref> [[S. N. Behrman]] visited Gershwin a few days before he died and wrote that George told him, "I had to live for this — that Sam Goldwyn should say to me, 'Why don't you write hits like Irving Berlin?'"<ref name="remembered">{{cite book |last1=Jablonski |first1=Edward |title=Gershwin Remembered |date=1992 |publisher=Amadeus Press |location=Portland, Oregon |isbn=0-931340-43-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gershwinremember0000jabl/page/157 157] |edition=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/gershwinremember0000jabl/page/157 }}</ref>
Ira Gershwin recalled, "So little footage was given to 'Love Is Here to Stay' — I think only one refrain — that it meant little in ''The Goldwyn Follies''."<ref name="jablonski" /> Oscar Levant remembers the producer for the film calling Gershwin into a conference one afternoon and insisting that he play the entire score for a panel of attendees. The experience infuriated George, who thought that he had progressed past this stage in his career as a composer.<ref name="ignorance">{{cite book|last1=Levant|first1=Oscar|title=A Smattering of Ignorance |date=1942 |publisher=Garden City Publishing |page=196 }}</ref> [[S. N. Behrman]] visited Gershwin a few days before he died and wrote that George told him, "I had to live for this — that Sam Goldwyn should say to me, 'Why don't you write hits like Irving Berlin?'&nbsp;"<ref name="remembered">{{cite book |last1=Jablonski |first1=Edward |title=Gershwin Remembered |date=1992 |publisher=Amadeus Press |location=Portland, Oregon |isbn=0-931340-43-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gershwinremember0000jabl/page/157 157] |edition=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/gershwinremember0000jabl/page/157 }}</ref>


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
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* [[Red Norvo]] with [[Mildred Bailey]] – (1938)<ref name="standards" />
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* [[Nat 'King' Cole]] – ''[[Sings For Two In Love (album)|Sings For Two In Love]]'' (1953)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Dinah Washington]] – ''[[In the Land of Hi-Fi (Dinah Washington album)|In the Land of Hi-Fi]]'' (1956)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Frank Sinatra]] - ''[[Songs For Swingin' Lovers]]'' (1956)
* [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Louis Armstrong]] – ''[[Ella and Louis Again]]'' (1957)<ref name="standards">{{cite book |last1=Gioia |first1=Ted |title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-19-993739-4 |pages=324–326}}</ref>
* [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Louis Armstrong]] – ''[[Ella and Louis Again]]'' (1957)<ref name="standards">{{cite book |last1=Gioia |first1=Ted |title=The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire |date=2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-19-993739-4 |pages=324–326}}</ref>
*[[Doris Day]] - ''[[Hooray for Hollywood (album)|Hooray for Hollywood]]'' (1958)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3343832-Doris-Day-Hooray-For-Hollywood|website=discogs.com|accessdate=June 4, 2024}}</ref>
* Ella Fitzgerald – ''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook]]'' (1959)<ref name="standards" />
* Ella Fitzgerald – ''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook]]'' (1959)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Billie Holiday]] – ''[[All or Nothing at All (album)|All or Nothing at All]]'' (1959)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Billie Holiday]] – ''[[All or Nothing at All (album)|All or Nothing at All]]'' (1959)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Susannah McCorkle]] – ''[[Hearts and Minds (album)|Hearts and Minds]]'' (2000)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Susannah McCorkle]] – ''[[Hearts and Minds (album)|Hearts and Minds]]'' (2000)<ref name="standards" />
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* [[Red Norvo]] with [[Mildred Bailey]] – (1938)<ref name="standards" />
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* [[Dinah Washington]] – ''[[In the Land of Hi-Fi (Dinah Washington album)|In the Land of Hi-Fi]]'' (1956)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Bradley Walsh]] – ''[[Chasing Dreams]]'' (2016)<ref>http://www.bradleywalsh.co.uk/chasing-dreams/</ref>
* [[Pat Boone|Pat Boone and Shirley Boone]] – ''I Love You Truly'' (1962)<ref>[http://castalbums.org/recordings/I-Love-You-Truly-1962-Pat-Shirley-Boone/33290 Cast Album Recordings: "I Love You Truly" Pat & Shirley Boone]</ref><ref>[https://musicrow.com/2019/01/singer-shirley-foley-boone-passes/ "Shirley Boone Passes"]</ref>
* Alan Sherman did a parody of the song as "Your Mother's Here to Stay" from the album "For Swing'in Livers Only".(1964)


==See also==
==See also==
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|Wi6f5YO6om0|"Love Is Here to Stay" by Frank Sinatra}}
* {{YouTube|p2JR3ZYayw4|"Our Love Is Here to Stay" by Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee via ''The Frank Sinatra Show'' (1957)}}


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Latest revision as of 23:57, 25 July 2024

For the album by Tony Bennett and Diana Krall, see Love Is Here to Stay (album). For the album by John Pizzarelli, see Our Love Is Here to Stay (album).
"Love Is Here to Stay"
Original cover of "Love Is Here to Stay"
Song
Published1938 by Chappell & Co.
GenrePop, jazz
Composer(s)George Gershwin
Lyricist(s)Ira Gershwin

"Love Is Here to Stay" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin for the movie The Goldwyn Follies (1938).

History

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"Love Is Here to Stay" was first performed by Kenny Baker in The Goldwyn Follies but became popular when it was sung by Gene Kelly to Leslie Caron in the film An American in Paris (1951); however, it was not included in the 2015 Broadway musical An American in Paris.[1][2] The song appeared in Forget Paris (1995) and Manhattan (1979).

It can also be heard in the film When Harry Met Sally... (1989) sung by Harry Connick Jr.[3]

An instrumental version of the song is sometimes heard in certain episodes of the American television sitcom The Honeymooners when Ralph Kramden apologizes to his wife Alice.[4][5][6]

The song is also used in the musical The 1940's Radio Hour.[7]

Composition

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"Love Is Here to Stay" was the last musical composition George Gershwin completed before his death on July 11, 1937. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics after George's death as a tribute to his brother. Although George had not written a verse for the song, he did have an idea for it that both Ira and pianist Oscar Levant had heard before his death. When a verse was needed, Ira and Levant recalled what George had in mind. Composer Vernon Duke reconstructed the music for the verse at the beginning of the song.[2][8] Originally titled "It's Here to Stay" and then "Our Love Is Here to Stay," the song was finally published as "Love Is Here to Stay." Ira Gershwin said that for years he wanted to change the song's name back to "Our Love Is Here to Stay," but he felt it wouldn't be right since the song had already become a standard.[8]

The Goldwyn Follies

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Ira Gershwin recalled, "So little footage was given to 'Love Is Here to Stay' — I think only one refrain — that it meant little in The Goldwyn Follies."[2] Oscar Levant remembers the producer for the film calling Gershwin into a conference one afternoon and insisting that he play the entire score for a panel of attendees. The experience infuriated George, who thought that he had progressed past this stage in his career as a composer.[9] S. N. Behrman visited Gershwin a few days before he died and wrote that George told him, "I had to live for this — that Sam Goldwyn should say to me, 'Why don't you write hits like Irving Berlin?' "[10]

Other versions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Marilyn Stasio (April 12, 2015). "Islands: Broadway Review: 'An American in Paris'". Variety. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Jablonski, Edward (1988). Gershwin. London: Simon & Schuster. p. 317. ISBN 0671699318.
  3. ^ "When Harry Met Sally (1989)". Musicfromfilm.com. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel. "Love Is Here to Stay (1938)". www.jazzstandards.com/. Retrieved March 25, 2024. Love Is Here to Stay - The Honeymooners (1955) Ralph Kramden's apology to Alice music
  5. ^ William Grimes (March 17, 1993). "Islands: 'Honeymooners' Isn't Over, As Early Sketches Turn Up". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  6. ^ Jackie Gleason: The Jackie Gleason Story. Our Love Is Here To Stay. "Ralph Kramden's Apology to Alice". 2013. Spotify.
  7. ^ "1940s Radio Hour". guidetomusicaltheatre.com. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Love Is Here to Stay)". Jazz Standards. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  9. ^ Levant, Oscar (1942). A Smattering of Ignorance. Garden City Publishing. p. 196.
  10. ^ Jablonski, Edward (1992). Gershwin Remembered (1 ed.). Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. p. 157. ISBN 0-931340-43-8.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 324–326. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  12. ^ "www.discogs.com". discogs.com. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
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