Album · 1959
Porgy and Bess
- Released
- 23 March 1959
- Label
- Decca
- Catalogue no.
- DL 78854
- Tracklist
- 10 tracks
- Country
- US
“Porgy and Bess” is an album by Sammy Davis Jr. / Carmen McRae, released in 1959 on Decca. The original release has 10 tracks. Jazz standards on the record include “Bess You Is My Woman”, “I Loves You Porgy”, “It Ain't Necessarily So” and “My Man's Gone Now”.
Tracklist
- A1 Summertime standard
- A2 A Woman Is a Sometime Thing — George Gershwin
- A3 My Man’s Gone Now standard
- A4 I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ — George Gershwin
- A5 Bess, You Is My Woman standard — George Gershwin
- B1 It Ain’t Necessarily So standard — George Gershwin
- B2 I Loves You Porgy standard — George Gershwin
- B3 There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York — George Gershwin
- B4 Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess — George Gershwin
- B5 Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way — George Gershwin
More albums by Sammy Davis Jr. / Carmen McRae
All the Things You Are
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1955 · Decca Records
Boy Meets Girl
1957 · Decca Records
Sammy Jumps With Joya
1957 · Design Records
Sammy Swings
1957 · Decca Records
Mood To Be Wooed
1958 · Decca Records
It’s All Over but the Swingin’
1958 · Decca Records
I Gotta Right to Swing
1960 · Decca Records
As Long as She Needs Me
1961 · Reprise Records
The Wham of Sam
1961 · Reprise Records
What Kind of Fool Am I: And Other Show‐Stoppers
1962 · Reprise Records
Of Love and Desire
1963 · Stateside
Frequently asked questions
Which label released Porgy and Bess?
Porgy and Bess was released in 1959 on Decca (DL 78854).
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