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Porgy and Bess (Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne album)
Porgy and Bess is an album by Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne, released by RCA Victor in 1959. It features songs from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess. Belafonte and Horne sing two songs together: "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York" and "Bess, You Is My Woman Now".[1] The album was re-issued on a 2-CD set in 2003 together with Jamaica by BMG Collectables in Stereo. The album was ranked No. 1 in Canada for 10 of the 11 weeks between August 31 and November 9, 1959.[2][3]
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | February and March 1959 | |||
| Studio | RCA Victor, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz vocal | |||
| Length | 35:56 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Bob Bollard, Fred Reynolds | |||
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Track listing edit
All music composed by George Gershwin, lyricists indicated.
- "A Woman is a Sometime Thing" (DuBose Heyward) – 2:40
- "Summertime" (Heyward) – 3:11
- "Oh I Got Plenty of Nothing" (Ira Gershwin, Heyward) – 3:00
- "I Wants to Stay Here" (I. Gershwin, Heyward) – 3:30
- "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (I. Gershwin, Heyward) – 5:57
- "It Ain't Necessarily So" (I. Gershwin) – 3:03
- "Street Calls": "Strawberry Woman" / "The Honey Man" / "Crab Man" (Heyward) – 4:17
- "My Man's Gone Now" – 4:05
- "Bess, Oh Where's My Bess" (I. Gershwin) – 3:36
- "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York" – 2:37
Personnel edit
- Harry Belafonte – vocals
- Lena Horne – vocals
Production notes:
- Bob Bollard – producer
- Fred Reynolds – producer
- Lennie Hayton – arrangements, musical director
- Robert Corman – arrangements, musical director
- Ernest Oelrich – engineer
- Murray Laden – cover photo
References edit
External Links edit
- Porgy and Bess at Discogs (list of releases)