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  • Category: Recording
  • Unveiled: 05 Jun 1998
  • Star rank: 2337
  • Address:
    7051 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
  • GPS location:
    34.101666, -118.344501

George & Ira Gershwin

Next stretch: Irving Berlin
Previous star: Frankie Lymon

Biography

George (left) and Ira (right) Gershwin

Source: Library of Congress

George and Ira Gershwin are brothers who teamed to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. Ira Gershwin (December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) , the elder of the two brothers wrote the lyrics while his younger brother, George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) composed the melodies.

The brothers wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as “I Got Rhythm”, “Embraceable You”, “The Man I Love” and “Someone to Watch Over Me”, and the great American opera Porgy and Bess.

Fact file

web site: http://www.gershwin.com/

Read more about George & Ira Gershwin at Wikipedia

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