"The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by
George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin.
Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin
government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love",
the song was deleted from the show as well as from both
the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up the Band (where it
first appeared as "The Man I Love") and 1928 Ziegfeld
hit Rosalie after tryouts. It is the basis for the 1947
film The Man I Love starring Ida Lupino and Bruce
Bennett and fea...(+)
"The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by
George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin.
Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin
government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love",
the song was deleted from the show as well as from both
the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up the Band (where it
first appeared as "The Man I Love") and 1928 Ziegfeld
hit Rosalie after tryouts. It is the basis for the 1947
film The Man I Love starring Ida Lupino and Bruce
Bennett and featured prominently throughout. As with
many standards of the era, it has become more famous as
an independent popular song than as one from a Broadway
musical. The song was included in the 2015 Broadway
musical An American In Paris based on the movie of same
name.