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This 1951 recording contains selections from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess sung by noted opera stars Robert Merrill and Risë Stevens. It was recorded on September 12 and September 13, 1950. The album was originally released on one twelve-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP. RCA Victor gave the album the number LM 1124.
Naxos Records re-released the album on CD along with the complete 1951 recording, though the Naxos CD omitted "Gone, Gone Gone," sung by the chorus. (Naxos 8.110287-88)
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Summertime |
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A woman is a sometime thing |
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Gone, gone, gone |
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My man's gone now |
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I got plenty of nuttin' |
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Bess, you is my woman now |
| 7. |
It ain't necessarily so |
| 8. |
Where is my Bess |
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