How Long Has This Been Going On? (song)

"How Long Has This Been Going On?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin for the musical Funny Face in 1928.

Replaced by "He Loves and She Loves" in Funny Face, it was eventually introduced in the musical Rosalie (1928) by Bobbe Arnst.

Notable recordings

 * Chet Baker - (Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen to You (1958)
 * Julie London - Julie Is Her Name, Volume II (1958)
 * Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face (1957)
 * Louis Armstrong and Oscar Peterson - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
 * Georgia Brown - Georgia Brown sings George Gershwin
 * Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone in Love (1957), Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Nice Work If You Can Get It (1983)
 * Johnny Hartman - And I Thought About You (1959)
 * Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
 * Coleman Hawkins
 * Andy Williams - Warm and Willing (1962)
 * Stan Kenton - Mellophonium Moods (1962)
 * Cher, on the album Bittersweet White Light (1973)
 * Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan Sings George Gershwin 1957 - How Long Has This Been Going On? (1978)
 * Jon Bon Jovi, on the album The Glory of Gershwin (1994)
 * Kristin Chenoweth, on the album Let Yourself Go (2001)
 * June Christy - Cool Christy (2002)
 * Susannah McCorkle - Someone to Watch Over Me—Songs of George Gershwin (1998), Ballad Essentials (2002)
 * Carly Simon - Moonlight Serenade (2005)
 * Ray Charles - Ray Sings, Basie Swings (2006)
 * Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007)

References / External links

 * "How Long Has This Been Going On?" at jazzstandards.com