<P> The differences in pronunciation are not simply regional, however, but serve more specifically to identify class differences . At the time, typical American pronunciations were considered less "refined" by the upper - class, and there was a specific emphasis on the "broader" a sound . This class distinction with respect to pronunciation has been retained in caricatures, especially in the theater, where the longer a pronunciation is most strongly associated with the word "darling ." </P> <P> The song was ranked No. 34 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs . </P> <Ul> <Li> Billie Holiday--Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933--1944 (1937) </Li> <Li> Sam Cooke--Tribute to the Lady (1959) </Li> <Li> Ella Fitzgerald--on Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), on the 1983 Pablo release Nice Work If You Can Get It, and in a 1957 duet with Louis Armstrong on Ella and Louis Again . </Li> <Li> Fred Astaire with Johnny Green & His Orchestra (1937) </Li> <Li> Brian Wilson--Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin (2010) </Li> <Li> Uri Caine--Rhapsody in Blue (2013) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Billie Holiday--Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933--1944 (1937) </Li>

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