The Man that Got Away
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"The Man that Got Away" is a popular song.
The music was written by Harold Arlen, the lyrics by Ira Gershwin. The song was published in 1953.
The song appeared in the 1954 version of the movie A Star Is Born. The best-known recording of this song was done by Judy Garland. Judy's performance of the song in A Star is Born is considered by many to be one of the best songs ever to be captured on film in a single, unedited take. Garland (as Esther Blodgett) performs the song during an after hours rehearsal session in a smoky nightclub. Garland later sang this song on occasion, a recording exists where she sang this song on the Sammy Davis Jr Show in 1966 [1].
The song has been sung, with lyric changes, as "The Gal that Got Away" by male singers such as Frank Sinatra. There is also a cover by Jeff Buckley, the recording of which can be found on the "Mystery White Boy" album. Audra McDonald also sang a version, which is on her album "How Glory Goes."
The Gershwin Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin contains a typescript draft of the lyrics with Ira Gershwin's handwritten changes.
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