Comments on: BEHIND THE SONG: “The Man I Love” http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/07/behind-the-song-the-man-i-love/ American Songwriter Magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Busted Keys http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/07/behind-the-song-the-man-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 Busted Keys Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:41:36 +0000 http://www.americansongwriter.com/?p=21639#comment-3416 inspiring story for its time! i wonder with new technologies like uPlaya, in our day though, we probably wouldn't have to hustle for 4 years and rely on British royalty to promote a hit song. inspiring story for its time! i wonder with new technologies like uPlaya, in our day though, we probably wouldn’t have to hustle for 4 years and rely on British royalty to promote a hit song.

]]> By: jack http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/07/behind-the-song-the-man-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-3290 jack Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:23:53 +0000 http://www.americansongwriter.com/?p=21639#comment-3290 nice walter - thanks for posting nice walter – thanks for posting

]]> By: Walter Rimler http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/07/behind-the-song-the-man-i-love/comment-page-1/#comment-2405 Walter Rimler Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:07:22 +0000 http://www.americansongwriter.com/?p=21639#comment-2405 Thanks for posting the interesting history of this song. Another fact about the song is that it was the theme song of George Gershwin's 1934 radio program, "Music By Gershwin." Also, publisher and raconteur Bennett Cerf, who was a friend of the Gershwins, claims to have overheard this exchange between the brothers when they were playing golf: George out of the blue asked Ira if he knew why “The Man I Love” was not selling well. Ira said “No. Why?” and George replied that it was because “the lyrics stink.” Ira shrugged the insult off, saying, “All right. The lyrics stink. Come on and play golf.” Thanks for posting the interesting history of this song. Another fact about the song is that it was the theme song of George Gershwin’s 1934 radio program, “Music By Gershwin.”

Also, publisher and raconteur Bennett Cerf, who was a friend of the Gershwins, claims to have overheard this exchange between the brothers when they were playing golf: George out of the blue asked Ira if he knew why “The Man I Love” was not selling well. Ira said “No. Why?” and George replied that it was because “the lyrics stink.” Ira shrugged the insult off, saying, “All right. The lyrics stink. Come on and play golf.”

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