Porgy and Bess > Film Soundtrack

Show Details

Show: Porgy and Bess (110)
Music: George Gershwin (859)
Lyrics: Ira Gershwin (709), DuBose Heyward (106)
Book: DuBose Heyward (106)

Recording Details

Date: 1959
Type: Audio / Film Cast
Language: English
Group/Studio: Samuel Goldwyn
Book: N. Richard Nash (6) — Screenplay
Director: Otto Preminger (7)
Choreography: Hermes Pan (45)
Conductor: André Previn (146)
Orchestrations: Alexander Courage (46), Robert Franklyn (31), Conrad Salinger (106), Albert Woodbury (12)
Performer: Adele Addison (2) — dubs Dorothy Dandridge (Bess), Pearl Bailey (94) — Maria, Cab Calloway (50) — Sportin' Life, Scatman Crothers (17) — Crab Man, Earl Jackson (2) — MIngo, Inez Matthews (6) — dubs Ruth Attaway (Serena), Robert McFerrin (2) — dubs Sidney Poitier (Porgy), Clarence Muse (7) — Peter, Loulie Jean Norman (15) — dubs Diahann Carroll (Clara), Brock Peters (14) — Crown, Leslie Scott (4) — Jake, Helen Thigpen (5) — Strawberry Woman
Notes: Cab Calloway subs for the film's Sammy Davis Jr. who was under exclusive contract to another label.
Shortcode: [r358]

Releases (6)

Format: LP
Label: Philips ABL.3282
Released: 1959-06
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Notes: 8 Page booklet in full color in gatefold sleeve.
# Tracks: 19
Length: 51:06
Lists: 17 collectors / 0 wish lists
History: 5 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl10313]

1.	Overture -- Orchestra
2.	Summertime -- Loulie Jean Norman
3.	A Woman Is A Sometime Thing -- Cab Calloway, Leslie Scott, Earl Jackson
4.	The Wake:
	Gone, Gone, Gone -- Ken Darby Singers
	Porgy's Prayer -- Robert McFerrin
5.	My Man's Gone Now -- Inez Matthews
6.	I Got Plenty of Nuttin’ -- Robert McFerrin, Inez Matthews, Pearl Bailey, Ken Darby Singers
7.	Bess, You Is My Woman -- Robert McFerrin & Adele Addison
8.	Morning: Catfish Row -- Ken Darby Singers
9.	Oh, I Can't Sit Down -- Ken Darby Singers
10.	It Ain't Necessarily So -- Cab Calloway, Ken Darby Singers
11.	I Ain't Got No Shame -- Ken Darby Singers
12.	What You Want With Bess! -- Adele Addison & Brock Peters
13.	Street Cries
	Strawberry Woman
	Crab Man -- Helen Thigpen, Ken Darby Singers
14.	I Loves You, Porgy -- Adele Addison & Robert McFerrin
15.	A Red Headed Woman -- Brock Peters
16.	Clara, Clara -- Ken Darby Singers
17.	There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York -- Cab Calloway)
18.	Oh, Where's My Bess? -- Robert McFerrin
19.	I'm On My Way -- Robert McFerrin, Ken Darby Singers

Format: LP
Label: Coronet KLLS 1619
Country: Australia
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Lists: 3 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl61867]

Format: LP
Label: Columbia OL 2016
Released: 1959
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Lists: 7 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl21112]

Format: LP
Label: Columbia OS 2016
Released: 1959
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Lists: 25 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl185]

Format: LP
Label: CBS APG 60002
Audio: Mono
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Lists: 4 collectors / 0 wish lists
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Format: LP
Label: Columbia Masterworks OL 5410
Country: Japan
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Notes: Japanese release
# Tracks: 21
Length: 56:06
Lists: 11 collectors / 1 wish list
Shortcode: [rl7860]

1. OVERTURE (Orchestra)
2. OPENING: CATFISH ROW (Orchestra)
3. SUMMERTIME (Clara)
4. A WOMAN IS A SOMETIME THING (Sportin’ Life, Jake & Mingo)
5. THE WAKE: GONE, GONE, GONE (Woman, Man & Chorus)
PORGY'S PRAYER (Porgy)
6. MY MAN'S GONE NOW (Serena)
7. I GOT PLENTY OF NUTTIN' (Porgy, Serena, Maria & Chorus))
8. BESS, YOU IS MY WOMAN NOW (Porgy & Bess)
9. ENTR'ACTE AND HURRICANE (Orchestra)
10. MORNING: CATFISH ROW (Woman, Man & Chorus)
11. I CAN'T SIT DOWN (Man & Chorus)
12. IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO (Sportin’ Life & Chorus)
13. I AIN'T GOT NO SHAME (Chorus)
14. WHAT YOU WANT WITH BESS! (Bess & Crown)
15. STREET CRIES: STRAWBERRY WOMAN; CRAB MAN
(Strawberry Woman & Crabman)
16. I LOVES YOU, PORGY (Bess & Porgy)
17. A RED-HEADED WOMAN (Crown)
18. CLARA, CLARA (Chorus)
19. THERE'S A BOAT THAT'S LEAVIN' SOON FOR NEW YORK (Sportin’ Life)
20. OH, WHERE'S MY BESS? (Porgy)
21. I'M ON MY WAY (Porgy & Chorus)