Nice Work If You Can Get it ( song ) - Wikipedia Nice Work If You Can Get it ( song ) This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2008 ) `` 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. Early chart versions were by Shep Fields, Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday, Fred Astaire, Maxine Sullivan and The Andrews Sisters. In the 1951 film An American in Paris, the song is performed by Georges Guétary. 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. Other notable recordings Billie Holiday -- Quintessential Billie Holiday : Vol. V ( 1937 ), and once again in 1955. Sarah Vaughan -- Sarah Vaughan in Hi - Fi ( 1950 ) recorded in 1949 Dinah Shore -- Holding Hands at Midnight ( 1955 ) Bing Crosby on his 1956 album Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings. Mel Tormé -- Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire ( 1956 ) Frank Sinatra -- A Swingin ' Affair ! ( 1957 ) and Sinatra - Basie : An Historic Musical First ( 1962 ) 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 Jeri Southern -- Jeri Southern at the Crescendo ( 1960 ) Thelonious Monk -- It 's Monk 's Time ( 1964 ) Carol Sloane -- But Not For Me ( 1986 ) Majestic 12 -- Red Hot + Rhapsody ( 1998 ) June Christy -- A Friendly Session, Vol. 2 ( 1999 ) with the Johnny Guarnieri Quintet Stan Kenton -- At The Rendezvous : Vol 2 ( 2000 ) ( vocal by Ann Richards ) Barbara Carroll -- One Morning In May ( 2002 ) The Hi - Lo 's -- A Musical Thrill ( 2006 ) Johnny Smith -- Moonlight in Vermont Sting and Larry Adler References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1986 ). Joel Whitburn 's Pop Memories 1890 -- 1954. Wisconsin, USA : Record Research Inc. p. 558. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 083 - 0. Jump up ^ `` Discogs.com ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved June 10, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Discogs.com ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved June 10, 2017. George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan 's Girl Crazy ( 1930 ) Adaptations Girl Crazy ( 1932 film ) Girl Crazy ( 1943 film ) When the Boys Meet the Girls ( 1965 film ) Crazy for You ( 1992 musical ) Songs 1930 musical `` Bidin ' My Time '' `` Embraceable You '' `` Sam and Delilah '' `` I Got Rhythm '' `` But Not For Me '' `` Treat Me Rough '' `` Boy ! What Love Has Done To Me ! '' 1992 musical `` I Ca n't Be Bothered Now '' `` Things Are Looking Up '' `` Someone to Watch Over Me '' `` Slap That Bass '' `` The Real American Folk Song is a Rag '' `` Stiff Upper Lip '' `` They Ca n't Take That Away from Me '' `` Nice Work If You Can Get It '' Related `` You 've Got What Gets Me '' Variations on `` I Got Rhythm '' George Gershwin Albums Gershwin Plays Gershwin : The Piano Rolls Ballets An American in Paris Gershwin Piano Concerto Three Preludes Who Cares ? List of stagings Operas Blue Monday ( 1922 ) Porgy and Bess ( 1935 ) Orchestral works Rhapsody in Blue ( 1924 ) Concerto in F ( 1925 ) An American in Paris ( 1928 ) Second Rhapsody ( 1931 ) Cuban Overture ( 1932 ) Strike Up the Band ( 1934 ) Hoctor 's Ballet ( 1937 ) Piano compositions Three Preludes ( 1926 ) French Ballet Class ( 1937 ) Songs `` Are n't You Kind Of Glad We Did ? '' `` ( I 've Got ) Beginner 's Luck '' `` Bidin ' My Time '' `` Blah Blah Blah '' `` Boy Wanted '' `` Boy ! What Love Has Done To Me ! '' `` But Not for Me '' `` By Strauss '' `` Clap Yo ' Hands '' `` Do It Again '' `` Doin ' Time '' `` Embraceable You '' `` Fascinating Rhythm '' `` A Foggy Day '' `` For You, For Me, For Evermore '' `` Funny Face '' `` ' The Half of It, Dearie ' Blues '' `` He Loves and She Loves '' `` How Long Has This Been Going On ? '' `` I Ca n't Be Bothered Now '' `` I Got Rhythm '' `` I Was Doing All Right '' `` I 've Got a Crush on You '' `` Is n't It a Pity ? '' `` Just Another Rhumba '' `` Let 's Call the Whole Thing Off '' `` Let 's Kiss and Make Up '' `` Liza ( All the Clouds 'll Roll Away ) '' `` Looking for a Boy '' `` Lorelei '' `` Love Is Here to Stay '' `` Love is Sweeping the Country '' `` Love Walked In '' `` The Man I Love '' `` My Cousin in Milwaukee '' `` My One and Only '' `` Nice Work If You Can Get It '' `` Of Thee I Sing '' `` Oh, Lady Be Good ! '' `` Oh, So Nice ! '' `` The Real American Folk Song ( is a Rag ) '' `` 'S Wonderful '' `` Sam and Delilah '' `` Slap That Bass '' `` Somebody from Somewhere '' `` Somebody Loves Me '' `` Someone to Watch Over Me '' `` Soon '' `` Stairway to Paradise '' `` Stiff Upper Lip '' `` Strike Up the Band '' `` Summertime '' `` Swanee '' `` That Certain Feeling '' `` They All Laughed '' `` They Ca n't Take That Away from Me '' `` Things Are Looking Up '' `` Tra - la - la '' `` Treat Me Rough '' `` Walking the Dog '' `` Who Cares ? '' `` You 've Got What Gets Me '' Tribute albums Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin By George Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book Ella Sings Gershwin Gershwin Live ! Gershwin 's World The Glory of Gershwin Ira, George and Joe Nice Work If You Can Get It Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Red Hot + Rhapsody : The Gershwin Groove Rosemary Clooney Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin Related articles Gershwin Prize Ira Gershwin ( brother ) Arthur Gershwin ( brother ) Frances Gershwin ( sister ) Gershwin Theatre List of compositions by George Gershwin Category : George Gershwin This pop standards - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote nice work if you can get it
Answer: Ira Gershwin