• For the aircraft of this name, see Lady be Good (aircraft).

Lady Be Good is a 1924 song by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, as well as the title of the Broadway show which the song was featured in. Later two motion pictures were made of the title, and a World War II combat airplane was named after it. The Lady Be Good was an American B-24D Liberator based at Benina Airfield in Soluch, Libya and commanded by 1st Lieutenant William J. Hatton. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... George Gershwin photograph by Edward Steichen in 1927. ... George (left) and Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershowitz) (December 6, 1896 - August 17, 1983) American lyricist, collaborator with, and brother of George Gershwin He is interred in the Westchester Hills Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ...

The song

The song was a hit for the Gershwins, and was performed popularly on stage and phonograph records were made of it. Cliff Edwards was a noted star of the day who had a hit with the song. A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record somtimes, somewhat inacurately, black record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... Cliff Edwards (14 June 1895 - 17 July 1971), also known as Ukelele Ike, was a United States singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, and also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career. ...

The show

The Broadway show, Lady, Be Good!, was written by Guy Bolton, Fred Thompson, and the Gershwin Brothers. It is a musical comedy about a brother and his sister who are out of money and each eager to sacrifice him- or herself to help the other. It originally starred brother and sister performers Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire. It ran for 330 performances in the original Broadway run. Guy Bolton (November 23, 1884 - September 6, 1979) was a writer of Broadway musical comedies who frequently collaborated with P. G. Wodehouse and Jerome Kern among others. ... Fred Dalton Thompson (born August 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, actor and former Republican senator from Tennessee. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theater combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... Adele Astaire (September 10, 1896 -January 25, 1981) was an American dancer and entertainer. ...

1928 film

In 1928 a silent film of Lady Be Good appeared, directed by Richard Wallace. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

1941 film

The 1941 Lady Be Good is an MGM musical film starring Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, and Red Skelton. It was directed by Norman Z. McLeod. The film had new music by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein. The film is best known for Powell's show-stopping tap dancing performance to "Fascinating Rhythm". The story of the film bears no resemblance to the original musical, Lady, Be Good! For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. ... Eleanor Powell, left, in Broadway Melody of 1938. ... Ann Sothern Ann Sothern (January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American film actress. ... Robert Young may refer to several different people: Robert Young (politician) (1834–1904), New Brunswick politician and businessman Robert Young (Biblical scholar), author of Youngs Literal Translation of the Bible Robert Young (actor) Robert Young (director), movie and television director Robert Young (linguist), co-author of the Analytical Lexicon... Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954), original name: Lionel Blythe, was an American actor of stage, radio and film, elder brother of Ethel and John Barrymore. ... Red Skelton Bernard Richard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American comedian born in Vincennes, Indiana who started in vaudeville as a teenager, worked his way up to Broadway shows, secondary roles in MGM movies, radio performances and finally popularity in the early days of... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American popular composer. ... (For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein) Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American born Jewish writer and producer of musical comedies for almost forty years. ... Tap dance was born in the United States during the 19th century, and today is popular all around the world. ...