"Embraceable You" is a popular song. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ...

The music was written by George Gershwin, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was originally written in 1928 for an unpublished operetta named East is West. It was eventually published in 1930 and included in the Broadway musical Girl Crazy. George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See also: 1927 in music, other events of 1928, 1929 in music and the list of years in music. // Events April 27 - Igor Stravinskys ballet Apollon musagète is premiered in Washington September 11 - Leos Janaceks String Quartet No. ... See also: 1929 in music, other events of 1930, 1931 in music and the list of years in music. // Events The BBC Symphony Orchestra is formed. ... Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Girl Crazy is a theater musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. ...

Recorded versions

• Ronnie Aldrich
• Ray Anthony
• Chet Baker
• Count Basie
• Joshua Bell
• Acker Bilk
• Stanley Black
• Earl Bostic
• Boston Pops Orchestra
• Irene Cara City Heat Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Ray Charles
• Richard Clayderman
• King Cole Trio
• Nat King Cole
• Bing Crosby
• Vic Damone
• Miles Davis
• Johnny Desmond
• Jimmy Dorsey & his orchestra
• Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra
• Roy Eldridge
• Duke Ellington
• Percy Faith & his orchestra
• Michael Feinstein
• Eddie Fisher
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Helen Forrest
• Connie Francis
• Jane Froman
• Judy Garland (1939)
• Erroll Garner
• George Gershwin
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Benny Goodman
• Betty Grable
• Grappelli & Menuhin
• Bobby Hackett
• Ted Heath
• Woody Herman
• Earl Hines
• Billie Holiday
• Lena Horne
• Englebert Humperdinck
• Harry James
• Joni James
• Jack Jones
• Salena Jones
• Andre Kostelanetz
• Cleo Laine
• Jack Lemmon
• Guy Lombardo
• The Manhattan Transfer
• Dean Martin
• Mary Martin
• Johnny Mathis
• Maureen McGovern
• Glenn Miller
• Liza Minnelli
• Jane Monheit
• Peter Nero
• Red Nichols (1930)
• Red Norvo
• Helen O'Connell
• Norrie Paramor
• Charlie Parker
• Les Paul
• The Pied Pipers
• The Platters
• André Previn
• Django Reinhardt
• Cliff Richard
• Zoot Sims
• Frank Sinatra
• Jo Stafford
• Rod Stewart
• Maxine Sullivan
• Art Tatum
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
• Jack Teagarden
• Claude Thornhill & his orchestra
• Sarah Vaughan
• Dinah Washington
• Andy Williams

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