DESCRIPTION:
Sublime George Gershwin, including the beautiful verse. Alex Govier, Roland Digital Accordion, Michelle Saacks, Kurzweil SP2X Stage Piano.

"Someone to Watch Over Me" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin from the musical Oh, Kay! (1926), where it was introduced by Gertrude Lawrence. Gershwin originally approached the song as an uptempo jazz tune, but his brother Ira suggested that it might work much better as a ballad, and George ultimately agreed. It has been performed by numerous artists since its debut and is a jazz standard as well as a key work in the Great American Songbook.




Gertrude Lawrence - rec. October 29, 1926 - released as Victor 20331, matrix 36654-3
George Gershwin - rec. November 12, 1926 - released as Columbia 812-D, matrix W 142925-3
Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce(Three X Sisters) - rec. 1927.England.
Gertrude Lawrence - rec. October 25, 1927 - released as Columbia 4618, matrix WA 6326
Lee Wiley - rec. November 15, 1939 - with Fats Waller on pipe organ, from Lee Wiley Sings The Songs Of George And Ira Gershwin
Margaret Whiting - A Time To Remember-1944 (1944)
Lee Wiley - rec. December 14, 1944 - released as Decca 23422, matrix 72630
Frank Sinatra - The Voice of Frank Sinatra (1946); Young at Heart (1954); Live at the Meadowlands (1986/2009)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Sings Gershwin (1950); Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959); Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983)
Art Tatum - 20th century Piano Genius (recorded 1955)[1]
Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings (1956)
Joni James - In the Still of the Night (1956)
Ray Conniff - Marvelous (1957)
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (1958), Gershwin Live! (1982)
Gene Ammons - Nice An' Cool (1961)[2]
Blossom Dearie - My Gentleman Friend (1961)
Etta James - Etta James Sings for Lovers (1962)
Rosemary Clooney - Love (1963)
Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra (1965)
Johnny Hodges - with the Lawrence Welk Orchestra (1966)
Oscar Peterson - My Favorite Instrument(1968)
Mary Hopkin - Postcard (1969)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
Nikka Costa - (1981)
Melissa Manchester - Hey Ricky (1982)
Roberta Flack - Someone to Watch Over Me (1987);[3] played over the end credits and remains unreleased
Linda Ronstadt - What's New (1983)
Sting - At the Movies (1987); recorded in 1987 for the soundtrack of Someone to Watch Over Me[3]
Maria del Mar Bonet - Ben a prop" "En algun lloc del meu cor" (1989)
Toots Thielemans with Shirley Horn - For My Lady (1991)
Jodi Benson - Crazy for You (musical) Original Broadway Cast Recording (1992)
Sheena Easton - No Strings (1993)
Dennis DeYoung - 10 on Broadway (1994)
Dusty Springfield recorded a truncated version for a PPP Healthcare commercial. It was the final recording of her career. (1995)[4]
Stéphane Grappelli - Crazy Rhythm (1996)
Keith Jarrett - The Melody at Night, With You (1998)
Sinéad O'Connor- Red Hot + Rhapsody (1998)
Rod Stewart - As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook 2(2003)
Chris Botti - When I Fall In Love (2004)[5][6]
Chelsea Krombach - Profile (2004)
Brad Mehldau - Live in Tokyo (2004)
Renee Olstead - Renee Olstead (2004)
Sue Raney - Sue Raney Volume II (2004)
Lea Salonga - Lea Salonga The Broadway Concert (2004)
The Conglomerate - Go to the Beach (2005)
Gladys Knight - Before Me (2006)[7]
Lena Horne - A New Album (2007)
Gary Tole - Gary Tole and Legends of Swing, One Kettle for Count (2007)
Art Garfunkel - Some Enchanted Evening (2007)
Amy Winehouse - Frank (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
Asher Book and Kay Panabaker - Fame (2009)
Cœur de pirate & Benoît Charest - Nos Stars célèbrent le jazz a Montréal" (2009)
Kim Burrell - No Ways Tired (2009)
The Hot Club of Cowtown - Wishful Thinking (2009)
Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin (2010)
Alfie Boe - Alfie (2010)
Sarah Caroline Billings - IU Theater Circle Gala (2011)
Susan Boyle - Someone to Watch Over Me (2011)
Ayaka Hirahara - "Wakare no Kyoku"/"Someone to Watch Over Me" (2011)
Rachael MacFarlane - Hayley Sings (2012)