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George Gershwin was born December 5, 1929, in a small town of New York. He was raised by his mother and father. His father dies when he was three leaving him to be the man of the house. George became interested in musci at the young age of 10 where he would do anything to preform for others. He soon became famous in the late 1930's for his outstanding abilities. His most famous work was when he went to the studio to record his second albumn "the sweet sound of nothing" this soon became a huge hit. it stayed number one in the billboard for three weeks. He then soon married a young lad named Becky Youngsma. They were madly in love and had three sons. There oldest son was named graham, he grew up to follow in his fathers footsteps in becoming a great jazz musician.George and Becky's second son Eddie went to college. They hoped him to be the greastest success however he ended up an alcoholic. There third son Ralph went on to marry a beautiful brilliant lawyer where they then had 4......

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