Legendary, prolific composer, songwriter and author, educated atTownsend Harris Hall, City College of New York, and ColumbiaUniversity. He began his career as a contributor to newspaper columns,and also worked for a touring carnival. His Broadway stage scoresinclude "Two Little Girls in Blue" (written under the pseudonym 'ArthurFrancis'), "Lady Be Good", "Tell Me More", "Tip-Toes", "Oh, Kay","Funny Face", "Rosalie", "Treasure Girl", "Show Girl", "Strike Up theBand", "Girl Crazy", "Of Thee I Sing" (Pulitzer Prize, 1932), "Let 'EmEat Cake", "Life Begins at 8:40", "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936", "Lady inthe Dark", and "Park Avenue". Joining ASCAP in 1920, his chief musicalcollaborators was his brother George Gershwin, and also included LewisAlter, Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Joseph Meyer, SigmundRomberg, Arthur Schwartz, Harry Warren, Richard Whiting, Kurt Weill,Burton Lane, Vincent Youmans, Philip Charig, and E. Y. 'Yip' Harburg.His popular-song compositions include "The Real American Folk Song","Oh, Me! Oh, My!", "Dolly", "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise","Fascinating Rhythm", "So Am I", "Oh, Lady Be Good", "The Half of ItDearie Blues", "Little Jazz Bird", "The Man I Love", "Kickin' theClouds Away", "Looking for a Boy", "These Charming People", "ThatCertain Feeling", "Sweet and Low-Down", "Sunny Disposish", "Dear LittleGirl", "Maybe", "Clap Yo' Hands", "Do Do Do", "Someone to Watch OverMe", "Strike Up the Band", "Let's Kiss and Make Up", "Funny Face", "'SWonderful", "My One and Only", "He Loves and She Loves", "The Babbittand the Bromide", "How Long Has This Been Going On?", "The One I'mLooking For", "I've Got a Crush on You", "Oh So Nice", "Where's theBoy, Here's the Girl", "Liza", "Soon", "Bidin' My Time", "Could You UseMe?", "Embraceable You", "Sam and Delilah", "I Got Rhythm", "But Notfor Me", "Boy! What Love Has Done to Me!", "I Am Only Human After All","Cheerful Little Earful", "Blah-Blah-Blah", "Wintergreen forPresident", "Love Is Sweeping the Country", "Of Thee I Sing (Baby)","Who Cares?", "Hello, Good Morning", "Lorelei", "Isn't It a Pity?", "MyCousin in Milwaukee", "Mine", "You're a Builder-Upper", "Fun to beFooled", "What Can You Say in a Love Song?", "Let's Take a Walk Aroundthe Block", "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'", "Bess, You Is My Woman Now", "ItAin't Necessarily So", "I Loves You, Porgy", "There's a Boat dat'sLeavin' Soon for New York", "Island in the West Indies", "I Can't GetStarted", "That Moment of Moments", "By Strauss", "Beginner's Luck","Let's Call the Whole Thing Off", "Shall We Dance", "They All Laughed","They Can't Take That Away from Me", "A Foggy Day", "Nice Work if YouCan Get It", "I Was Doing All Right", "Love Is Here to Stay", "LoveWalked In", "Spring Again", "One Life to Live" and many more.