The Girl Crazy score also included “Bidin’ My Time,” “Sam and Delilah,” “ I Got Rhythm,” “ But Not For Me,” “Treat Me Rough!” and “Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!”Ī 1932 RKO film adaptation of Girl Crazy, starring Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, relied on sophomoric comedy and not the original Gershwin score retaining only “Bidin’ My Time,” “ I Got Rhythm,” and “ But Not For Me.” Variety called it “a weak sister” of the Broadway production.Ī 1943 release of the film fared much better. Girl Crazy would run for 272 performances. George Gershwin conducted the music at the premier before handing the baton over to Earl Busby. The star-studded orchestra thrilled the audiences with jam sessions during the intermissions. The orchestra for the performance was the Red Nichols Band which included Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Jack Teagarden, Jimmy Dorsey, and Gene Krupa. Girl Crazy was originally written as a vehicle for Bert Lahr, but when he turned down the part for legal reasons, master of accents, Willie Howard, was brought in to take his place. Although the Broadway musical marked Rogers’ debut as a leading lady, she lost the limelight to newcomer Ethel Merman who brought down the house with her introduction of “ I Got Rhythm.” Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns introduced an Alvin Theatre audience to “Embraceable You” during the first performance of Girl Crazy, on October 14, 1930. “It’s Bobby Hackett’s 1939 big band recording that made musicians aware of the virtues of this tune.”
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