Ira Gershwin Drama for "Of Thee I Sing". In 1988 UCLA established The George and Ira Gershwin Lifetime Musical Achievement Award in recognition of the brothers' contribution to music, and for their gift to UCLA of the fight song "Strike Up the Band for UCLA". Recipients include Angela Lansbury (1988), Ray Charles (1991), Mel Tormé (1994), Bernadette Peters (1995), Frank Sinatra (2000), Stevie Wonder (2002), k.d. lang (2003), James Taylor (2004), Babyface (2005), Burt Bacharach (2006), Quincy Jones (2007), Lionel Richie (2008) and Julie Andrews (2009). Ira Gershwin was a joyous listener to the sounds of the modern world. "He had a
The Shady Brothers as an independent single charting in SNEP, the official French Singles Chart. In 2014, they were also part of the tribute album project "Aznavour, sa jeunesse" where they sang their version of "She". On the same album, they were part of the collective of singers interpreting "Sa jeunesse" led by Charles Aznavour. The artists in the song included Matt Houston, The Shady Brothers, Vitaa, Elisa Tovati, Soprano, Black M and Amel Bent. The Shady Brothers The Shady Brothers is a singing and songwriting duo from the Caribbean island of Saint Martin made up of the twin brothers Geraldo and Nicolas