Standards · 1924
The Man I Love chords & key
“The Man I Love” is a jazz standard by George Gershwin from 1924. Most bands play it in E♭ major, ballad; the tune runs 32 bars in AABA form. Harmonically it contains 1 major ii–V–I cadence and 5 minor ii–V–i, uses 18 different chords and moves between the key centres F minor, E♭ minor and E♭ major. In this atlas it appears on 19 album tracks.
Chord changes
Showing in: Concert (C) — E♭ major
Changes as commonly played (concert pitch). Your band's version may differ.
Harmonic analysis
Most used chords
- E♭6×7
- B♭7×6
- E♭m7×3
- Gm7♭5×3
- C7♭9×3
- Fm7♭5×3
Key centres reached by ii–V
F minor, E♭ minor and E♭ major
Characteristics
- AABA song form
History
"The Man I Love" is a popular standard with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin. Part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin musical comedy Lady, Be Good, the song was deleted from that show and put into the Gershwins' 1927 government satire Strike Up the Band (where it appears as "The Man I Love" and "The Girl I Love"), which closed out-of-town. It was considered for, then rejected from, the 1928 Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. hit Rosalie. The song was used as the title of, and was prominently featured in, the 1947 film noir melodrama The Man I Love, starring Ida Lupino and Bruce Bennett.
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Recorded on these albums
Historic 78 rpm recordings
- MAN I LOVE ART TATUM TRIO · ART TATUM · TINY GRIMES · SLAM STEWART · 1944 archive.org ↗
- THE MAN I LOVE RED NORVO'S ALL STAR SEXTET · TEDDY WILSON & SLAM STEWART · Red… · 1944 archive.org ↗
- The Man I Love Freeman Foursome · Bud Freeman · Tut Soper · Jim Lanigan · Jim Barnes · 1946 archive.org ↗
- THE MAN I LOVE FREEMAN FOURSOME · BUD FREEMAN · TUT SOPER · JIM LANIGAN · JIM BARNES · 1946 archive.org ↗
- THE MAN I LOVE Marie Greene and her V-Disc Merry Men · Dave Mann · Trigger Alpert ·… · 1946 archive.org ↗
- THE MAN I LOVE JEAN-CLAUDE FOHRENBACH · Claude Dunson · Michel de Villers · Jack… · 1948 archive.org ↗
- The Man I Love The Jack Sheedy Sextet · Jack Minger · Paul Desmond · Jack Sheedy ·… · 1950 archive.org ↗
- The Man I Love Coleman Hawkins · Leo Mathisen and his Orchestra · Gershwin · 1950 archive.org ↗
Frequently asked questions
What key is The Man I Love in?
The Man I Love is usually played in E♭ major. For B♭ instruments that is F major, for E♭ instruments C major.
Who wrote The Man I Love?
The Man I Love was written by George Gershwin (1924).
What is the form of The Man I Love?
The Man I Love has 4 sections (AABA) with 32 bars in total.
How fast is The Man I Love played?
The usual groove is Ballad.
What are the chord changes to The Man I Love?
The opening bars are Eb6 | Ebm7 | Gm7b5 | C7b9. The full chart above can be transposed to any key.