"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.
Notable recordings Victor Arden - Phil Ohman & Their Orchestra (vocal by Scrappy Lambert) - recorded on December 8, 1932, for Victor Records (catalog No. 24206). Eddy Duchin & His Central Park Casino Orchestra - recorded on January 18, 1933, for Brunswick Records (catalog No. 6476). Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin (EmArcy, 1958) Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959) Mitzi Gaynor - Mitzi Gaynor Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin (Verve, 1959). Beverly Kenney - Born to be Blue (1959). Mabel Mercer - Once in a Blue Moon (1959) Johnny Mathis - The Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway (1960) Mel Tormé - That's All (1965), and Mel Tormé and Friends (1981). Carol Sloane - But Not For Me (1986) Michael Feinstein w/ Rosemary Clooney - Pure Gershwin (Parnassus, 1985; Asylum, 1987) Mel Tormé and Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You (1992) Shirley Horn - Here's to Life (1992) Barbra Streisand - A Love Like Ours (1999) Stacey Kent - Dreamsville (2001) Russell Watson and Victoria Hart - The Lost Gershwin (2008).
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