Who Cares? (Gershwin song)

"Who Cares?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for their 1931 musical Of Thee I Sing. It was introduced by William Gaxton and Lois Moran in the original Broadway production.

Notable recordings

• Fred Astaire with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - recorded May 9, 1940 for Columbia Records, catalog No. 35517.^[1]
• Kate Smith - for her album Kate Smith (1954).^[2]
• Anita O'Day - This Is Anita (1955)^[3]
• Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae - Boy Meets Girl (1957)^[4]
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959)^[5] and the 1983 Pablo release Nice Work if You Can Get It^[6]
• Judy Garland - That’s Entertainment (1960),^[7] Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)^[8] and on The Judy Garland Show (1963)
• Cannonball Adderley - Know What I Mean? (1961)^[9]
• Bill Evans - with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker on the album Time Remembered (1963)^[10]
• Dick Haymes - For You, for Me, Forevermore (1978).^[11]
• Tony Bennett - Steppin' Out (1993)^[12]
• Michael Feinstein - Nice Work If You Can Get It: Songs by the Gershwins (1996)^[13]
• Susannah McCorkle - Someone to Watch Over Me—Songs of George Gershwin (1998).^[14]
• Bea Arthur - Bea Arthur on Broadway — Just Between Friends (2002)^[15]
• Rufus Wainwright - Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall (2007)^[16]