Porgy and Bess (1950 album)
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This album is a 1950 recording of selections from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, sung by the noted opera stars Robert Merrill and Risë Stevens. It was recorded by RCA Victor on September 12 and September 13, 1950. The album was originally released on one twelve-inch 331⁄3 rpm LP with the catalog number LM 1124.
Naxos Records re-released the album on CD along with the complete 1951 recording, though the Naxos CD omitted the chorus number "Gone, Gone Gone". (Naxos 8.110287-88)
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| Track |
Song Title |
| 1. |
Summertime |
| 2. |
A woman is a sometime thing |
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Gone, gone, gone |
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My man's gone now |
| 5. |
I got plenty of nuttin' |
| 6. |
Bess, you is my woman now |
| 7. |
It ain't necessarily so |
| 8. |
Where is my Bess |
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