Porgy and Bess > Film Soundtrack


Show Details

Show
Porgy and Bess (110)
Music
George Gershwin (857)
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

Format
Audio File
Label
Roslin Records
Released
2010-11-29
Barcode
881034667700
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# Tracks
19
Length
50:59
Lists
2 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode
[rl43047]

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