What connects this song
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Written by Ira Gershwin, also ’S Wonderful, It Ain’t Necessarily So (Miles Davis) and Summertime (Miles Davis)
Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)
Produced by Milt Gabler, also Lover Man (Billie Holiday), Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) and Caldonia (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five)
Part of Ella Sings Gershwin, also How Long Has This Been Going On?, I’ve Got a Crush on You and Soon
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
George Gershwin wrote 246 songs on fono
Ira Gershwin wrote 181 songs on fono
George Gershwin’s most frequent co-writer is Ira Gershwin (167 songs together)
George Gershwin first appears on fono in 1926, 24 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
- Produced by
- Milt Gabler
- Performed by
- Ella Fitzgerald and Ellis Larkins
- Part of
- Ella Sings Gershwin
- Released on
- Decca Records
- Written by
- George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
- Produced by
- Milt Gabler
- Performed by
- Ella Fitzgerald and Ellis Larkins
- Part of
- Ella Sings Gershwin
- Released on
- Decca Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Ira Gershwin
Same producer: Milt Gabler
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Ella Sings Gershwin
Same writer: Ira Gershwin
Same producer: Milt Gabler
Same label: Decca Records
Same release: Ella Sings Gershwin
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Looking for a Boy was performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Looking for a Boy was performed by Ella Fitzgerald
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Looking for a Boy was performed by Ellis Larkins
Looking for a Boy was performed by Ellis Larkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Looking for a Boy was produced by Milt Gabler
Looking for a Boy was produced by Milt Gabler
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Looking for a Boy was written by George Gershwin
Looking for a Boy was written by George Gershwin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Looking for a Boy was written by Ira Gershwin
Looking for a Boy was written by Ira Gershwin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Looking for a Boy is part of the release Ella Sings Gershwin
Looking for a Boy is part of the release Ella Sings Gershwin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Looking for a Boy
Decca Records is the label of the song Looking for a Boy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Looking for a Boy was released on 1950