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Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : an original sound track recording

Title
Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : an original sound track recording / words by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; music by George Gershwin.
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Publication
[New York] : Columbia, [1959]

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Additional Authors
  • Addison, Adele,
  • Bailey, Pearl.
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
  • Dandridge, Dorothy, 1924-1965.
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
  • McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006,
  • Poitier, Sidney.
  • Previn, André, 1929-2019.
Description
1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.
Series Statement
Columbia masterworks
Uniform Title
Porgy and Bess. Selections
Alternative Title
  • Bess, you is my woman now.
  • Catfish row.
  • Clara, Clara.
  • Crab man.
  • Gone, gone, gone.
  • I ain't got no shame.
  • I got plenty o' nuttin'.
  • I loves you, Porgy.
  • It ain't necessarily so.
  • Morning.
  • My man's gone now.
  • Oh, I can't sit down.
  • Porgy and Bess.
  • Porgy's prayer.
  • Red headed woman.
  • Strawberry woman.
  • Street cries.
  • Summertime.
  • Wake.
  • What you want with Bess?
  • Woman is a sometime thing.
Subjects
Note
  • Program notes on container.
Contents
Overture (5:20) -- Summertime (2:38) -- A woman is a sometime thing (1:57) -- The wake: Gone, gone, gone ; Porgy's prayer (3:00) -- My man's gone now (4:23) -- I got plenty o' nuttin' (3:08) -- Bess, you is my woman now (5:10) -- Morning; Catfish row (1:34) -- Oh, I can't sit down (2:03) -- It ain't necessarily so (3:05) -- I ain't got no shame (1:18) -- What you want with Bess? (2:08) -- Street cries: Strawberry woman ; Crab man (2:26) -- I loves you, Porgy (3:26) -- A red headed woman (1:09) -- Clara, Clara (2:13) -- There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York (2:16) -- Oh, where's my Bess? (2:32) -- I'm on my way (1:48).
Call Number
*LZR 17769
LCCN
r 59000847
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Composer
Title
Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : an original sound track recording / words by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin ; music by George Gershwin.
Imprint
[New York] : Columbia, [1959]
Series
Columbia masterworks
Performer
Sidney Poitier, as Porgy [singing voice dubbed by Robert McFerrin]; Dorothy Dandridge, as Bess [singing voice dubbed by Adele Addison] ; Cab Calloway, as Sportin' Life ; and Pearl Bailey, as Maria ; with chorus and orchestra ; André Previn, conductor.
Added Author
Poitier, Sidney.
McFerrin, Robert, 1921-2006, singer.
Dandridge, Dorothy, 1924-1965.
Addison, Adele, singer.
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994. Performer
Previn, André, 1929-2019. Conductor
Bailey, Pearl. Performer
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
Added Title
Summertime.
Woman is a sometime thing.
Wake.
Gone, gone, gone.
Porgy's prayer.
My man's gone now.
I got plenty o' nuttin'.
Bess, you is my woman now.
Morning.
Catfish row.
Oh, I can't sit down.
It ain't necessarily so.
I ain't got no shame.
What you want with Bess?
Street cries.
Strawberry woman.
Crab man.
I loves you, Porgy.
Red headed woman.
Clara, Clara.
Publisher No.
OS 2016 Columbia
Research Call Number
*LZR 17769 Program notes on container.
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