The Song is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)
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"The Song is Ended" is a popular song composed by Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...

, with lyrics written by Beda Loehner in 1927.

The song's famous lyric is referenced in Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....

's verse to "They Can't Take That Away from Me
They Can't Take That Away from Me
"They Can't Take That Away from Me" is a 1937 song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film Shall We Dance....

", in the line the song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote, the melody lingers on.

Notable recordings

  • Gene Harris
    Gene Harris
    Gene Harris was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz....

     - Listen Here (1989)
  • Tony Bennett
    Tony Bennett
    Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....

     - Bennett/Berlin
    Bennett/Berlin
    Bennett/Berlin is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1987, recorded as a tribute to Irving Berlin.-Track listing:#"They Say It's Wonderful" - 2:02#"Isn't This a Lovely Day?" - 3:19#"All of My Life" - 4:37#"Now it Can Be Told" - 2:24...

     (1987)
  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

     - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook
    Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Irving Berlin Songbook is a 1958 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged by Paul Weston, focusing on the songs of Irving Berlin.-Grammy Awards:...

     (1958)
  • Joe McElderry - The Climb (2009)
  • Billy Taylor
    Billy Taylor
    Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and since 1994, he was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in...

     - Billy Taylor with Four Flutes (1959)
  • Nat Cole - Just One Of Those Things (1957)
  • Jeri Southern
    Jeri Southern
    Genevieve Lillian Hering, known by her stage name Jeri Southern, was an American jazz pianist and singer.-Biography:...

     - Coffee, Cigarettes and Memories (1958)
  • Nellie Lutcher (1947)
  • Earl Bostic
    Earl Bostic
    Earl Bostic was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist, and a pioneer of the post-war American Rhythm and Blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep", "Special Delivery Stomp", and "Where or When", which showed off his...

     And His Orchestra
  • Ruth Etting (1927)
  • Annette Hanshaw
    Annette Hanshaw
    Catherine Annette Hanshaw was born at her parents' residence in New York City on October 18, 1901. [Ed. While Annette sometimes gave her birth date as 1910, nephew Frank W. Hanshaw III confirms 1901 as the date on Annette's birth certificate.]-Biography:...

    (1927)
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