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Porgy and Bess an original sound track recording, the Samuel Goldwyn motion picture production

Title
Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : an original sound track recording, the Samuel Goldwyn motion picture production / words by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : Columbia, [1959]

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Additional Authors
  • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
  • Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
  • Poitier, Sidney.
  • McFerrin, Robert, 1921-
  • Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965.
  • Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
  • Previn, André, 1929-2019.
Description
1 sound disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono.; 12 in.
Series Statement
Columbia masterworks
Uniform Title
  • Porgy and Bess. Selections
  • Porgy and Bess (Motion picture)
Alternative Title
  • Porgy and Bess.
  • Summertime.
  • Woman is a sometime thing.
  • Gone, gone, gone.
  • Porgy's prayer.
  • My man's gone now.
  • I got plenty o' nothin'.
  • Bess, you is my woman now.
  • Oh, I can't sit down.
  • It ain't necessarily so.
  • I ain't got no shame.
  • What you want with Bess.
  • I loves you, Porgy.
  • Red headed woman.
  • Clara, Clara.
  • There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York.
  • Oh, where's my Bess.
  • I'm on my way.
Subjects
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 56756
LCCN
r 59000766
OCLC
3270742
Author
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Title
Porgy and Bess [sound recording] : an original sound track recording, the Samuel Goldwyn motion picture production / words by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.
Imprint
[New York, N.Y.] : Columbia, [1959]
Series
Columbia masterworks
Performer
Starring Sidney Poitier (with the singing voice of Robert McFerrin), as Porgy ; Dorothy Dandridge, as Bess ; and Cab Calloway, as Sportin' Life; with chorus and orchestra; André Previn, conductor.
Added Author
Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
Poitier, Sidney.
McFerrin, Robert, 1921- Performer
Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965. Performer
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994. Performer
Previn, André, 1929-2019. Conductor
Added Title
Porgy and Bess (Motion picture)
Summertime.
Woman is a sometime thing.
Gone, gone, gone.
Porgy's prayer.
My man's gone now.
I got plenty o' nothin'.
Bess, you is my woman now.
Oh, I can't sit down.
It ain't necessarily so.
I ain't got no shame.
What you want with Bess.
I loves you, Porgy.
Red headed woman.
Clara, Clara.
There's a boat that's leavin' soon for New York.
Oh, where's my Bess.
I'm on my way.
Publisher No.
OL 5410 Columbia
Research Call Number
*LZR 56756
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