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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
 | Frances Faye voc, 1912-1991 US vocals, bess, album by |
 | Mel Tormé voc, 1925-1999 US vocals, porgy, album by |
 | The Bethlehem Orchestra , orchestra, album by |
 | Duke Ellington And His Orchestra , orchestra, album by, featuring |
 | Russell Garcia vib, 1916-2011 US conductor, bethlehem orchestra, featuring |
 | Al Jazzbo Collins voc, 1919-1997 US narrator |
 | The Australian Jazz Quintet , performer |
 | The Pat Moran Quartet , performer, featuring |
 | Dorothy Heyward , 1890-1961 US text by |
 | DuBose Heyward , 1885-1940 US text by |
 | Ira Gershwin voc, 1896-1983 US text by |
 | Betty Roché voc, 1920-1999 US vocals, clara, featuring |
 | Johnny Hartman voc, 1923-1983 US vocals, crown, featuring |
 | Frank Rosolino tb, 1926-1978 US vocals, jake, featuring |
 | Sallie Blair voc, vocals, serena, featuring |
 | George Kirby voc, *1923 US vocals, sportin' life, featuring |
 | Russell Garcia And His Orchestra , featuring |
 | Joe Derise voc, p, 1926-2002 US featuring |
 | Chorus , IT featuring |
 | Don Fagerquist tr, 1927-1974 US featuring |
 | Bob Dorough voc, p, *1923 US featuring |
 | Loulie Jean Norman voc, featuring |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part 1. | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | ||
| 2 | Introduction / Summertime | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:25 | |
| 3 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:24 | |
| 4 | Summertime | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 3:48 | |
| 5 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:12 | |
| 6 | A Woman Is A Sometime Thing | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:39 | |
| 7 | Narration / Here Come De Honey Man... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:20 | |
| 8 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:24 | |
| 9 | Evenin' Ladies, Hello Boys... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:43 | |
| 10 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:15 | |
| 11 | No, No, Brother, Porgy Ain't Soft On No Woman... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:33 | |
| 12 | Narration (Scene: Crap Game And Murder) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 4:31 | |
| 13 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:51 | |
| 14 | Gone, Gone, Gone | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:20 | |
| 15 | Overflow, Overflow | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:08 | |
| 16 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:28 | |
| 17 | I Can't Puzzle This Thing Out... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:18 | |
| 18 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:11 | |
| 19 | My Man's Gone Now | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 3:49 | |
| 20 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:35 | |
| 21 | Oh The Train Is At The Station... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:43 | |
| 22 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:37 | |
| 23 | Oh I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:17 | |
| 24 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:34 | |
| 25 | I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 3:13 | |
| 26 | Mornin', Lawyer. Looking For Somebody?... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 4:23 | |
| 27 | Buzzard Song | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:43 | |
| 28 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:28 | |
| 29 | Bess, You Is My Woman Now | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 4:57 | |
| 30 | Oh, I Can't Sit Down (Picnic Music) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:55 | |
| 31 | Porgy, I Hates To Go... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:00 | |
| 32 | I Got Plenty O Nuttin' (Reprise) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:37 | |
| 33 | It Ain't Necessarily So (Instrumental) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:52 | |
| 34 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:34 | |
| 35 | It Ain't Necessarily So | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 4:28 | |
| 36 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:53 | |
| 37 | What You Want Wid Bess?... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:12 | |
| 38 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:33 | |
| 39 | Oh I'm Agoin' Out To The Blackfish Banks... (Reprise) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:27 | |
| 40 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:30 | |
| 41 | Oh, Doctor Jesus... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:02 | |
| 42 | Here 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 Orchestra | 3:31 | |
| 43 | Part 2. | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | ||
| 44 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:38 | |
| 45 | I Loves You, Porgy | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 3:17 | |
| 46 | Narration (Scene: Storm) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 3:04 | |
| 47 | Summertime (Reprise) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:22 | |
| 48 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:11 | |
| 49 | Oh, Dere's Somebody Knockin' At De Do'... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:03 | |
| 50 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:20 | |
| 51 | If God Want To Kill Me... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:05 | |
| 52 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:06 | |
| 53 | A Red-Headed Woman... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:48 | |
| 54 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:59 | |
| 55 | Oh, Doctor Jesus (Reprise) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:38 | |
| 56 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:55 | |
| 57 | Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:36 | |
| 58 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:10 | |
| 59 | Summertime (Reprise) | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:12 | |
| 60 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:50 | |
| 61 | Oh, Lawd, What I Goin' Do?... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:21 | |
| 62 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:09 | |
| 63 | There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:28 | |
| 64 | George Kirby | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:18 | |
| 65 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:24 | |
| 66 | How Are You Dis Mornin'?... | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:41 | |
| 67 | Narration | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 0:39 | |
| 68 | Oh, Bess, Oh, Where's My Bess | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2:19 | |
| 69 | Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way | Frances Faye And Mel Tormé Featuring The Bethlehem Orchestra And Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1:57 |
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