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Fascinating Rhythm (1924)

Origin and Chart Information

AKA	Fascinatin' Rhythm

Rank	329

Music	George Gershwin

Lyrics	Ira Gershwin

Currently, 1000 jazz standards are ranked and have web pages (click on Songs for the full list).

The top 100 are fully documented:

Year	Rank	Title
1930	1	“Body and Soul”
1939	2	“All the Things You Are”
1935	3	“Summertime”
1944	4	“'Round Midnight”
1935	5	“I Can't Get Started (with You)”
1937	6	“My Funny Valentine”
1942	7	“Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)”
1930	8	“What Is This Thing Called Love?”
1933	9	“Yesterdays”
1946	10	“Stella By Starlight”

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Written by the Same Composer or Team...

This section shows the jazz standards written by the same writing team. Click on a name to see all of a writer's jazz standards.

George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Year	Rank	Title
1924	18	“The Man I Love”
1924	22	“Oh, Lady Be Good!”
1930	24	“Embraceable You”
1930	54	“But Not for Me”
1938	57	“Love Is Here to Stay”
1930	73	“I Got Rhythm”
1926	77	“Someone to Watch Over Me”
1937	86	“They Can’t Take That Away from Me”
1937	88	“A Foggy Day”
1927	98	“’S Wonderful!”
1937	158	“Nice Work If You Can Get It”
1937	201	“Love Walked In”
1927	213	“How Long Has This Been Going On?”
1929	320	“Strike Up the Band”
1924	329	“Fascinating Rhythm”
1929	381	“Soon”
1931	419	“Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me)”
1935	420	“It Ain’t Necessarily So”
1930	487	“I’ve Got a Crush on You”
1936	766	“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
1936	927	“They All Laughed”
1926	983	“Maybe”

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward
Year	Rank	Title
1935	270	“I Loves You Porgy”
1935	539	“Bess, You Is My Woman Now”

George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn
Year	Rank	Title
1929	189	“Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)”

Reading and Research

Additional information on “Fascinating Rhythm” may be found in:

Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs by William Zinsser

2 paragraphs including the following types of information: lyric analysis and music analysis.

Listening to Classic American Popular Songs by Allen Forte, Richard Lalli, Gary Chapman

10 pages including the following types of information: lyric analysis, music analysis and song lyrics. (Book includes CD).

The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists by Philip Furia

2 pages including the following types of information: lyric analysis.

The Gershwin Style: New Looks at the Music of George Gershwin by Wayne Schneider

2 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.

The Memory of All That: The Life of George Gershwin by Joan Peyser

1 paragraph including the following types of information: anecdotal.

The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia by Thomas S. Hischak

1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary and lyric analysis.

The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Popular Standards by Max Morath

1 paragraph including the following types of information: history and performers.

Lyrics on Several Occasions by Ira Gershwin

3 pages including the following types of information: history and song lyrics.

Ira Gershwin: The Art of the Lyricist by Philip Furia

2 pages including the following types of information: anecdotal and lyric analysis.

Reading Lyrics by Robert Gottlieb, Robert Kimball

Includes the following types of information: song lyrics.

Gershwin: A Biography by Edward Jablonski

2 pages including the following types of information: history, lyric analysis and music analysis.

Can't Help Singing by Gerald Mast

2 pages including the following types of information: lyric analysis and music analysis.