Michael Owen

Because he always wanted to have some fun with the lyrics. I don't think he ever thought of lyric writing, particularly in his early years, as a job so much as it was his way of making his thoughts about love and art known to the world of musical theater and film music and popular songs and Whether people got that or not, that certainly wasn't up to him. But he was very protective of his lyrics.

Because he always wanted to have some fun with the lyrics. I don't think he ever thought of lyric writing, particularly in his early years, as a job so much as it was his way of making his thoughts about love and art known to the world of musical theater and film music and popular songs and Whether people got that or not, that certainly wasn't up to him. But he was very protective of his lyrics.

And when singers would sing songs not in the way that he wrote them, singing I've got rhythm instead of I got rhythm, he was somewhat offended by that in a humorous way.

And when singers would sing songs not in the way that he wrote them, singing I've got rhythm instead of I got rhythm, he was somewhat offended by that in a humorous way.

And when singers would sing songs not in the way that he wrote them, singing I've got rhythm instead of I got rhythm, he was somewhat offended by that in a humorous way.

It was the same with S'Wonderful. Oh, absolutely. If somebody sang It's Wonderful, you'd get pretty upset. And I was listening to the Lee Wiley. She did a whole set of Gershwin songs. And she sings It's Wonderful. It's supposed to be S'Wonderful. But she's such a great singer. Anyhow, let's not get too distracted and let's hear But Not For Me. Should we hear Lee Wiley singing it?

It was the same with S'Wonderful. Oh, absolutely. If somebody sang It's Wonderful, you'd get pretty upset. And I was listening to the Lee Wiley. She did a whole set of Gershwin songs. And she sings It's Wonderful. It's supposed to be S'Wonderful. But she's such a great singer. Anyhow, let's not get too distracted and let's hear But Not For Me. Should we hear Lee Wiley singing it?

It was the same with S'Wonderful. Oh, absolutely. If somebody sang It's Wonderful, you'd get pretty upset. And I was listening to the Lee Wiley. She did a whole set of Gershwin songs. And she sings It's Wonderful. It's supposed to be S'Wonderful. But she's such a great singer. Anyhow, let's not get too distracted and let's hear But Not For Me. Should we hear Lee Wiley singing it?

Absolutely. Let's hear Lee Wiley.

Absolutely. Let's hear Lee Wiley.

Absolutely. Let's hear Lee Wiley.

And this is on her recording from the 1930s, right?

And this is on her recording from the 1930s, right?

And this is on her recording from the 1930s, right?

Yes, Lee Wiley, she's generally a forgotten name in the world of popular song these days, but she was one of the first performers to do what we now call songbook albums.

Yes, Lee Wiley, she's generally a forgotten name in the world of popular song these days, but she was one of the first performers to do what we now call songbook albums.

Yes, Lee Wiley, she's generally a forgotten name in the world of popular song these days, but she was one of the first performers to do what we now call songbook albums.

So let's hear Lee Wiley's recording from the 1930s of George and Ira Gershwin's But Not For Me.

So let's hear Lee Wiley's recording from the 1930s of George and Ira Gershwin's But Not For Me.

So let's hear Lee Wiley's recording from the 1930s of George and Ira Gershwin's But Not For Me.