 Well, it's a perfect... She... She almost said, she had a great... Welcome you here. The president told me that they were playing the music, the forces left, Austria, and not the first day of Austria, it was independence. They were playing the same music. We stopped them all at the bank. President and Mrs. Reagan, President and Mrs. Kirchleger, and honored guests, we are very honored to be here tonight. My name is Mel Torme, and I must tell you that this marvelous and talented gentleman and I had the great good fortune to share the stage exactly two weeks ago tonight in Carnegie Hall, doing an all Gershwin program. I'm delighted once again to share the stage with him, and may I just briefly and sensibly introduce a great musician, Mr. Peter Nero, if you please. President and Mrs. Reagan, President and Mrs. Kirchleger, honored guests, ladies and gentlemen, I would just like to add for myself a great pleasure to perform for you this evening, and especially the music of Gershwin. And while it may be virtually impossible to perform everything they wrote in the time allotted, we're going to give it a try anyway. With Richard Naniston bass, my son Jed Nero on drums, and later Donnie Osborne on drums, we're going to improvise on a group of songs and themes by Gershwin as they come to mind. Philly pop's orchestra, 82 Strong. Tonight, he's going to have to simulate 81 musicians. And he can do it. If anybody can do it, you can do it. Peter, if you please. I got rhythm, could ask for more disease in green pastures. I got my gal who could ask for more man trouble. I got sweet, the Gershwin music so fond it's yours and whether it's rain or storm or sun, get along. It does a person good to see such happy domesticity. My, like yours is mine. What you done done done before? Let's hire B.C., it's A, B, C. He loves and she loves and they love. So why can't you love and I'd love to love and whispering trees love. Gets one user softball knives and my sweet embrace so we're here to stay. I'm just alone. Love and respect do we know as Miss Elephant's Gerald. Began singing and swinging as only she could. Our lady be good. The whole world loved it. Boo-duck. Do-be-duck. Harrow once wrote these words. He said, ''George Gershwin died July 11th, 1937 but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to.'' that's exactly the way we all feel. Gershwin's music lives and lives through the beautiful things your near old place for you in the concert vein and the things I'm privileged to sing by George and Ira Gershwin, not the least of which is Liza, Liza, skies all you smirled me Liza, name