Labels:text | font | screenshot | paper | letter OCR: CHRONOLOGY SEPTEMBER 26, 1898 Bom Jacob Gershovitz, in Brooklyn, New York, of Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. FEBRUARY 14, 1918 First hit "Swanee" is sung in the revue "Sinbad." DECEMBER 1, 1924 "Lady be Good" opens, his first complete musical collaboration with brother Ira. FEBRUARY 12, 1924 Premiere of "Rhapsody in Blue" at New York's Aeolian Hall. DECEMBER 3, 1925 Commissioned for his first classical piece, "Concerto in F." NOVEMBER 22, 1927 Opening of musical "Funny Face" in New York. OCTOBER 14, 1930 "Girl Crazy" premieres, featuring hit song "I Got Rhythm." SEPTEMBER 30, 1935 Opera "Porgy and Bess" opens for dry run in Boston before going to New York. JULY 11,1937 Dies in Beverly Hills, California, of a brain tumor.
