Old Man Sunshine, listen, you, Never tell me dreams come true, Just try it, and I′ll start a riot, Beatrice Fairfax don't you dare, Ever tell me she will care, I′m certain, It's the final cutain.

But within a year, recordings were pressed and released, and sheet music of the song became very popular. Rhapsody In Blue was on its way to becoming an American classic.

Author Caleb Taylor Boyd credits Levant with helping to establish Gershwin’s piano music through his consistent performance of the works. Levant “more often than any other pianist ...