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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". The album was re-issued on a 2-CD set in 2003 together with Jamaica by RCA/BMG Collectibles in Stereo. The album was ranked No. 1 in Canada for 10 of the 11 weeks between August 31 and November 9, 1959.
Track listing
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
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
External Links
Porgy and Bess at Discogs (list of releases)