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Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess

Album US 1956 on Bethlehem Records label
Jazz and Soundtrack (Musical)

THREE (3) 12" Inch, Thick Heavy Vinyl Records BOX SET 1956 US Pressing on BETHLEHEM Records EXLP-1 SAMPLE RECORD (not for sale) - as you can see on the pictures Includes performance booklet insert and wax paper style inner sleeves Real red handkerchief stuffed into slit in pocket on cover

     
Musicians
PortraitFrances Faye voc, 1912-1991 US
vocals, bess, album by
PortraitMel Tormé voc, 1925-1999 US
vocals, porgy, album by
PortraitThe Bethlehem Orchestra ,
orchestra, album by
PortraitDuke Ellington And His Orchestra ,
orchestra, album by, featuring
PortraitRussell Garcia vib, 1916-2011 US
conductor, bethlehem orchestra, featuring
PortraitAl Jazzbo Collins voc, 1919-1997 US
narrator
PortraitThe Australian Jazz Quintet ,
performer
PortraitThe Pat Moran Quartet ,
performer, featuring
PortraitDorothy Heyward , 1890-1961 US
text by
PortraitDuBose Heyward , 1885-1940 US
text by
PortraitIra Gershwin voc, 1896-1983 US
text by
PortraitBetty Roché voc, 1920-1999 US
vocals, clara, featuring
PortraitJohnny Hartman voc, 1923-1983 US
vocals, crown, featuring
PortraitFrank Rosolino tb, 1926-1978 US
vocals, jake, featuring
PortraitSallie Blair voc,
vocals, serena, featuring
PortraitGeorge Kirby voc, *1923 US
vocals, sportin' life, featuring
PortraitRussell Garcia And His Orchestra ,
featuring
PortraitJoe Derise voc, p, 1926-2002 US
featuring
PortraitChorus , IT
featuring
PortraitDon Fagerquist tr, 1927-1974 US
featuring
PortraitBob Dorough voc, p, *1923 US
featuring
PortraitLoulie Jean Norman voc,
featuring
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Part 1.Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
2Introduction / SummertimeFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:25
3NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:24
4SummertimeFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra3:48
5NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:12
6A Woman Is A Sometime ThingFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:39
7Narration / Here Come De Honey Man...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:20
8NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:24
9Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:43
10NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:15
11No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain't Soft On No Woman...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:33
12Narration (Scene: Crap Game And Murder)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra4:31
13NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:51
14Gone, Gone, GoneFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:20
15Overflow, OverflowFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:08
16NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:28
17I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:18
18NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:11
19My Man's Gone NowFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra3:49
20NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:35
21Oh The Train Is At The Station...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:43
22NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:37
23Oh I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:17
24NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:34
25I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra3:13
26Mornin', Lawyer. Looking For Somebody?...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra4:23
27Buzzard SongFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:43
28NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:28
29Bess, You Is My Woman NowFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra4:57
30Oh, I Can't Sit Down (Picnic Music)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:55
31Porgy, I Hates To Go...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:00
32I Got Plenty O Nuttin' (Reprise)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:37
33It Ain't Necessarily So (Instrumental)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:52
34NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:34
35It Ain't Necessarily SoFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra4:28
36NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:53
37What You Want Wid Bess?...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:12
38NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:33
39Oh I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks... (Reprise)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:27
40NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:30
41Oh, Doctor Jesus...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:02
42Here Come De Honey Man... / Oh Dey's So Fresh And Fine... / I'm Talkin' About Devil Crabs..Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra3:31
43Part 2.Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
44NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:38
45I Loves You, PorgyFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra3:17
46Narration (Scene: Storm)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra3:04
47Summertime (Reprise)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:22
48NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:11
49Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' At De Do'...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:03
50NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:20
51If God Want To Kill Me...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:05
52NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:06
53A Red-Headed Woman...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:48
54NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:59
55Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:38
56NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:55
57Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:36
58NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:10
59Summertime (Reprise)Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:12
60NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:50
61Oh, Lawd, What I Goin' Do?...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:21
62NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:09
63There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New YorkFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:28
64George KirbyFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:18
65NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:24
66How Are You Dis Mornin'?...Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:41
67NarrationFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra0:39
68Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My BessFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra2:19
69Oh Lawd, I'm On My WayFrances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra1:57
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