Nice Work If You Can Get It (song)

"Nice Work If You Can Get It" is a popular song.

The music was written by George Gershwin, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was one of nine songs George Gershwin wrote for the movie A Damsel in Distress, in which it was performed by Fred Astaire with backing vocals provided by The Stafford Sisters. The song was published in 1937.

A version of this song was used during the opening credits of the 1995 to 1998 CBS sitcom Cybill, starring Cybill Shepherd, who performed the song herself.

The song was included in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Crazy for You and lent its name to the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It.

Notable recordings

• Fred Astaire
• The Andrews Sisters (1938)
• June Christy - A Friendly Session, Vol. 2 (1999) with the Johnny Guarnieri Quintet
• Bing Crosby on his 1956 album Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings.
• Doris Day - Hooray For Hollywood (1958)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Ella Fitzgerald and Andre Previn do Gershwin, Pablo Records, 1983
• The Hi-Lo's - A Musical Thrill (2006)
• Billie Holiday - Quintessential Billie Holiday: Vol. V (1937), and once again in 1955.
• Stan Kenton - At The Rendezvous: Vol 2 (2000) (vocal by Ann Richards)
• Sting and Larry Adler
• Thelonious Monk - It's Monk's Time (1964)
• Georges Guetary - An American in Paris (1951)
• Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957) and Sinatra-Basie: An Historic Musical First (1962)
• Johnny Smith - Moonlight in Vermont
• Jeri Southern - Jeri Southern At the Crescendo (1960)
• Maxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra (recorded October 22, 1937; released November 20, 1937) - 2:49
• Majestic 12- Red Hot + Rhapsody (1998)
• Mel Tormé
• Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi (1950)
• Dinah Shore - Holding Hands at Midnight (1955)