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"'''Looking For a Boy'''" is a song composed by [[George Gershwin]], with lyrics by [[Ira Gershwin]].

It was introduced in their 1925 musical ''[[Tip-Toes]]'' when it was performed by [[Queenie Smith]] as Tip-Toes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Internet Broadway Database |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/tip-toes-9978#Songs |website=ibdb.com |accessdate=June 29, 2020}}</ref>

==Other recordings==
* 1958  [[Connie Stevens]] - ''Conchetta''<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/conchetta-mw0000002594|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=August 13, 2024}}</ref>
* 1959 [[Ella Fitzgerald]] - ''[[Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book]]'' (Verve)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.discogs.com|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2839259-Ella-Fitzgerald-Ella-Fitzgerald-Sings-The-Jerome-Kern-Song-Book |website=discogs.com|accessdate=January 31, 2025}}</ref> 
* 1960 [[Rosemary Clooney]] - ''[[Rosie Swings Softly]]'' (MGM)<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rosie-swings-softly-mw0000843343website=allmusic.com|accessdate=February 1, 2025}}</ref>
* 1960 [[June Christy]] - ''[[The Cool School (album)|The Cool School]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=www.allmusic.com|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-cool-school-mw0000842295|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=January 28, 2025}}</ref>
* 1968 [[Helen Merrill]] - ''A Shade of Difference'' (Milestone]

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[[Category:Songs with music by George Gershwin]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin]]
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