Released 1959 Porgy and Bess(1959) Sammy Awards(1960) Release date 1959 | Recorded 1959 Artist Sammy Davis Jr. Label Simitar Entertainment | |
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Porgy and Bess(1958) Birds of a Feather(1958) Similar Sammy Davis Jr.albums, Jazz albums | ||
Porgy and Bess is a 1959 album by Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae of selections from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Davis and McRae were accompanied by the Bill Thompson singers and the album was arranged by Buddy Bregman and conducted by Bregman, Jack Pleis and Morty Stevens.
Contents
Track listing
- "Summertime"
- "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
- "My Man's Gone Now"
- "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
- "It Ain't Necessarily So"
- "I Loves You, Porgy"
- "There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York"
- "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess"
- "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way"
All music composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.
Personnel
Songs
1OvertureGeorge Gershwin4:58
2SummertimeMargaret Tynes2:53
3A Woman Is a Sometime ThingLevern Hutcherson - Avong Long - Margaret Tynes2:28
References
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