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"But Not for Me" is a popular song, composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was written for their musical ''Girl Crazy'' (1930) and introduced in the original production by Ginger Rogers. It is also in the 1992 musical based on ''Girl Crazy'', ''Crazy for You''. Judy Garland sang it in the 1943 film version of ''Girl Crazy''. In 1959 Ella Fitzgerald included a version of the song on her landmark album Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook. The rendition won the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Performance. Singer Ketty Lester remade "But Not For Me" with a gospel arrangement which reached #10 on the US Adult Contemporary chart, #41 the ''Billboard'' Top 40, and #45 in the UK in 1962.〔(Ketty Lester, "But Not For Me" Chart Positions ) Retrieved April 20, 2012.〕 It is also featured in the 1979 Woody Allen movie ''Manhattan'', the 1989 Rob Reiner movie ''When Harry Met Sally...'' (performed by Harry Connick, Jr.), the 1994 Mike Newell film ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'', in the opening scene of the 1998 Bennett Miller documentary ''The Cruise'', and in the 2012 anime ''Sakamichi no Apollon'' (Kids on the Slope). Beginning in 2012, it is being performed by Kelli O'Hara (Billie Bendix) in Act 2, Scene 1 of Joe Pietro's Broadway musical ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'', which features the music of George and Ira Gershwin. ==Notable recordings== *Billie Holiday *Chet Baker, on the album ''Chet Baker Sings'' *Sam Cooke *Helen Forrest *Johnny Lytle, on the album ''Nice and Easy'' *Joshua Bell, in concert in London, London Symphony Orchestra, John Williams conducting (March 2, 2009 at the Barbican Center, London, England) *Jodi Benson, in the original cast recording of ''Crazy for You'' *Polly Bergen, on ''The Polly Bergen Show''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Polly Bergen Show )〕 *Carol Burnett, performed on ''The Muppet Show'' *Chris Connor, on the album ''Masters of Jazz Vol. 5 Female Vocal Classics'' Rhino Records *Bobby Darin *Miles Davis, on the album ''Bags' Groove'' (1954 - instrumental version) *Sammy Davis Jr. *Doris Day, on the album ''Day By Day'' (1956) *Ella Fitzgerald, on the albums ''Ella Sings Gershwin'' (1950), ''Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook'' (1959) and ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (1983). *Red Garland - ''Red Garland's Piano'' (1956) *Rita Reys - ''The Cool Voice of Rita Reys'' (1956) *Judy Garland *Ahmad Jamal, on the album ''At the Pershing: But Not for Me'' (1958) *Julie London - ''Around Midnight'' (1960) *John Coltrane, on the album ''My Favorite Things'' (1961) *Georgia Brown, on the album ''Georgia Brown Sings Gershwin'' (1963) *Rosemary Clooney, on the album ''Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin'' (1979) *Linda Ronstadt, on the album ''For Sentimental Reasons'' (1986) *Elvis Costello, on the album ''The Glory of Gershwin'' (1994) *Elton John, on the ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' soundtrack (1994) *John Pizzarelli, The John Pizzarelli Trio ''After Hours'' (1996) *Natalie Merchant, on the album ''Red Hot + Rhapsody'' (1998) *The Idea of North, on the album ''Here & Now'' (2003) *Ronnie Milsap, on the album ''Just for a Thrill'' (2004) *Chelsea Krombach, on her debut album ''Profile'' (2004) *Modern Jazz Quartet *Paul Motian with Joe Lovano *Frank Sinatra *Carol Sloane with Tommy Flanagan, piano, George Mraz, bass, and Al Foster, drums *Rod Stewart, on the album ''Stardust: The Great American Songbook Volume III'' (2004) *Sarah Vaughan, on ''The George Gershwin Songbook, Vol. 2'' *Dinah Washington *Teddy Wilson *Diana Krall on the TV-series ''Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...'' in 2009 *Lisa Ekdahl, on the album ''Heaven, Earth And Beyond'' (2002) *Joni James, on the album ''In the Still of the Night'' (1956) *Jermaine Jackson, on the album ''I Wish You L.O.V.E. Jazz standards'' (2012) * Kelli O'Hara, on the Broadway album ''Nice Work If You Can Get It'' (2012) * Masayoshi Furukawa with Takashi Matsunaga, piano, Shun Ishikawa, drums, Keisuke Torikoshi, bass, and Shinpei Ruike, trumpet, on the ''Kids on the Slope'' soundtrack. Arrangement by Yoko Kanno (2012) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「But Not for Me (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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