Happy birthday, George Gershwin! Here, from 1932, Gershwin plays “Fascinating Rhythm,” “Liza,” the Prelude No. 2, and “I Got Rhythm,” and participates in a quick, evidently-scripted Q&A with host Rudy Vallée on his radio show, “The Fleischmann Hour” (sponsored by Fleischmann’s Yeast).

PHOTO: Rudy Vallée, Irving Berlin, and Gershwin with ASCAP president Gene Buck