| "I've Got a Crush on You" | |
|---|---|
 Disc label of Frank Sinatra recording | |
| Song | |
| Published | 1930 by New World Music |
| Composer | George Gershwin |
| Lyricist | Ira Gershwin |
"I've Got a Crush on You" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. While several Gershwin songs were dropped during tryouts and used in later shows, this one is unusual in being heard in two Broadway productions, first in Treasure Girl (1928), introduced by Clifton Webb and Mary Hay (it replaced "Good-Bye to the Old Love," which was used in tryouts). After the disappointing run of that show had concluded, the song was used in the revised version of Strike Up the Band (1930), sung by Doris Carson and Gordon Smith. It was first published in 1930 as part of Strike Up the Band. [1] [2] It was later included in the tribute musical Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012), in which it was sung by Jennifer Laura Thompson.
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According to Howard Pollack, the song "did not gain wide popularity until 1939, when Lee Wiley recorded it as a ballad rather than as an 'Allegretto giocoso' dance number." [3] It is now considered a jazz standard, primarily of the vocal repertoire, thanks to recordings by singers such as Frank Sinatra when he was part of Columbia Records, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella Fitzgerald. Instrumental versions have also been recorded by Nat Adderley, Ike Quebec, and others.
