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