Isn't It a Pity?

For the song by George Harrison, see Isn't It a Pity.

"Isn't It a Pity?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the unsuccessful 1933 musical Pardon My English. It was introduced by George Givot and Josephine Huston.^[1]

Notable recordings

• Victor Arden - Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra (vocal by Scrappy Lambert) - recorded on December 8, 1932, for Victor Records (catalog No. 24206).^[2]
  • Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra - recorded on January 18, 1933, for Brunswick Records (catalog No. 6476).^[3]
• Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (EmArcy, 1958)^[4]
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)^[5]
• Mitzi Gaynor - Mitzi Gaynor Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin (Verve, 1959).^[6]
• Beverly Kenney - Born to be Blue (1959).^[7]
• Mabel Mercer - Once in a Blue Moon (1959)^[8]
• Johnny Mathis - The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway (1960)^[9]
• Mel Tormé - That's All (1965),^[10] and Mel Tormé and Friends (1981).^[11]
• Carol Sloane - But Not For Me (1986)^[12]
• Michael Feinstein w/ Rosemary Clooney - Pure Gershwin (Asylum, 1987^[13]
• Mel Tormé and Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You (1992)^[14]
• Shirley Horn - Here's to Life (1992)^[15]
• Barbra Streisand - A Love Like Ours (1999)^[16]
• Stacey Kent - Dreamsville (2001)^[17]
• Russell Watson and Victoria Hart - The Lost Gershwin (2008).^[18]