Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron - "Our Love is Here to Stay" - 'An American in Paris' (1951)
Details
| Title | Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron - "Our Love is Here to Stay" - 'An American in Paris' (1951) |
| Author | Lew Amack |
| Duration | 3:50 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=fzeuwJJ5hP4 |
Description
"Our Love Is Here to Stay" is a jazz standard. The music was written by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin for the movie The Goldwyn Follies (1938).
"Love Is Here to Stay" was the last musical composition George Gershwin completed before his death on July 11, 1937. Ira Gershwin wrote the lyrics after George's death as a tribute to his brother. Although George had not written a verse for the song, he did have an idea for it that both Ira and pianist Oscar Levant heard before his death. When a verse was needed, Vernon Duke reconstructed the music for the verse at the beginning of the song.
"Love Is Here to Stay" was first performed by Kenny Baker in The Goldwyn Follies but did not reach popularity until 1951 when it was sung by Gene Kelly to Leslie Caron in "An American in Paris." The melody also appeared in Forget Paris (1995) and Manhattan (1979), and in When Harry Met Sally (1989) sung by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
