Soon is a 1927 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It is a show tune and jazz standard that was introduced in the 1930 revision of the musical Strike Up the Band by Margaret Schilling and Jerry Goff. The song was copyrighted in 1929 and entered the public domain in January 2025. Notable recordings include Sarah Vaughan in In the Land of Hi-Fi (1955), Ella Fitzgerald on Ella Sings Gershwin (1950) and on the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook (1959), Oscar Peterson on The Trio (1961), Sammy Davis Jr. on The Wham of Sam (1961), the Modern Jazz Quartet in Gershwin Ballad Medley (1958), and Kiri Te Kanawa on Kiri Sings Gershwin (1987).
