- Our Love Is Here to Stay
"Our Love Is Here to Stay" is a popular
song and ajazz standard. The music was written byGeorge Gershwin , the lyrics byIra Gershwin , for the movie "The Goldwyn Follies " (1938) which was released shortly after George Gershwin's death. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" also appeared, perhaps most memorably, in the 1951MGM pictureAn American In Paris , for which it served as the main theme. It also appeared in 1995'sForget Paris in which it is actually a reference to An American In Paris. The song was the very last composition George Gershwin completed.The correct title, as published, is "Love Is Here To Stay".Fact|date=May 2008 The song is emblematic of the
Great American Songbook , with both an introductory verse and a chorus.Notable recordings
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Frank Sinatra - "Songs for Swingin' Lovers " (1956)
*Carmen McRae - "Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport " (1958)
*Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook " (1959)
*Joni James - "Let There Be Love " (1956)
*John Pizzarelli - Album and title track - award-winning arrangement byDon Sebesky (1997)
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