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George Gershwin
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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME
George Jacob Gershwin

BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Monday


BIRTHPLACE
New York City, United States

DIED AT AGE
38 Years 9 Months 15 Days
DEATHDATE
July 11, 1937
DEATHPLACE
Los Angeles, California, United States

CAUSE OF DEATH
Brain tumor

NATIONALITY
American
George Gershwin Nationality American

PROFESSION

ZODIAC
LIBRA

ALSO NOTED FOR
Pianist

Physical Stats

CHEST
N/A

BICEPS
N/A

WAIST
N/A

HEIGHT
5'10''(feet & inches)
 
1.778 meters
 
177.8 cm

WEIGHT
N/A

George Gershwin Family Members

Parents
MOTHER
Rosa Gershvin
FATHER
Morris Gershvin
BROTHER(S) NAME
George Gershwin brother Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Arthur Gershwin
SISTER(S) NAME
George Gershwin sister Frances Gershwin
Frances Gershwin

Fame & Address

DEBUT
Swanee (song 1919)
George GershwinSwanee (song 1919)

FAMOUS FROM/AS
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
George GershwinRhapsody in Blue (1924)

Education, Net Worth & More

More Information
Career of George Gershwin
His first published song was "When You Want 'Em, You Can't Get 'Em" which earned him 50 percent after he started working for Aeolian Company and produced their dozens of rolls under his own and assumed names. In 1924, he composed for orchestra and piano Rhapsody in Blue. He signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation to compose the songs for the movie Delicious.

Some Lesser Known Facts About George Gershwin

  • Did George Gershwin takes alcohol? NA.
  • Was George Gershwin in the habit of Smoking? NA.
  • He left the school when he was just fifteen and join a job as a pianist and song plugger for Tin Pan Alley.
  • He liked parties and openly dated many glamorous women. About his personality, he usually says "Why should I limit myself to only one woman when I can have as many women as I want?"
  • A multitalented man who was a good composer and a pianist also tried his hands in painting and was proved good in it.
    A multitalented man who was a good composer and a pianist also tried his hands in painting and was proved good in it.
  • He was a good friend of Schoenberg and they used to play tennis weekly at Gershwin's Beverly Hills court.
  • He once approached the famous composer Igor Stravinsky to take lessons of composing but Igor replied that You are making more than me than in place I should take lessons from you.

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