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Released on MCA Records, also Baba O’Riley (The Who), Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) and Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Written by Ira Gershwin, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), It Ain’t Necessarily So (Miles Davis) and Summertime (Miles Davis)
Written by Jerome Kern, also I’m Old Fashioned (John Coltrane), The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra) and Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (The Platters)
Released on The Good Music Record Co., also A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Vera Lynn) and Goodnight Children Everywhere (Vera Lynn)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Ira Gershwin wrote 181 songs on fono
Ira Gershwin’s most frequent co-writer is George Gershwin (167 songs together)
Jerome Kern wrote 41 songs on fono
Jerome Kern’s most frequent co-writer is Oscar Hammerstein II (14 songs together)
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern
- Performed by
- Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
- Released on
- MCA Records and The Good Music Record Co.
- Written by
- Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern
- Performed by
- Dick Haymes and Helen Forrest
- Released on
- MCA Records and The Good Music Record Co.
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Ira Gershwin
Same writer: Jerome Kern
Same label: MCA Records
Same label: The Good Music Record Co.
Same writer: Ira Gershwin
Same writer: Jerome Kern
Same label: MCA Records
Same label: The Good Music Record Co.
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Long Ago and Far Away was performed by Dick Haymes
Long Ago and Far Away was performed by Dick Haymes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Long Ago and Far Away was performed by Helen Forrest
Long Ago and Far Away was performed by Helen Forrest
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Long Ago and Far Away was written by Ira Gershwin
Long Ago and Far Away was written by Ira Gershwin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Long Ago and Far Away was written by Jerome Kern
Long Ago and Far Away was written by Jerome Kern
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Long Ago and Far Away is part of the release You'll Never Know: The Best of Dick Haymes
Long Ago and Far Away is part of the release You'll Never Know: The Best of Dick Haymes
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz MCA Records is the label of the song Long Ago and Far Away
MCA Records is the label of the song Long Ago and Far Away
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz The Good Music Record Co. is the label of the song Long Ago and Far Away
The Good Music Record Co. is the label of the song Long Ago and Far Away
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Long Ago and Far Away was released on 1988
Long Ago and Far Away was released on 1988
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026