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Lena Horne / Harry Belafonte
Porgy And Bess

Album US 1959 on RCA Victor label
Jazz and Pop (Vocal)

Label variation with 5 lines for A-side tracklist, and B-side label correctly credits Chorus for B2, not B4. A very similar release, Porgy And Bess, has 4 lines and the Chorus credit for B4. "I" stamped in runouts denotes an RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis pressing. LOP-1507 on sleeve; LOP 1507 on labels. Info from back cover: Together for the first time... HARRY BELAFONTE and LENA HORNE in the own interpretation of songs from GERSHWIN'S PORGY and BESS Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City, February and March, 1959.

     
Musicians
PortraitLena Horne voc, 1917-2010 US
vocals, album by
PortraitHarry Belafonte voc, *1927 US
vocals, album by
PortraitBob Corman voc, *1922 US
arranged by
PortraitLennie Hayton p, 1908-1971 US
arranged by
PortraitBob Corman's Orchestra ,
orchestra
PortraitLennie Hayton And His Orchestra ,
orchestra
PortraitBob Corman's Orchestra And Chorus ,
orchestra
Producers
Ernest Oelrich engineer
Bob Bollard producer
Fred Reynolds producer
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1A Woman Is A Sometime ThingHarry BelafonteDuBose Heyward, George Gershwin2:40
2SummertimeLena HorneDuBose Heyward, George Gershwin3:11
3Oh, I Got Plenty Of Nothin'Harry BelafonteDuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin3:00
4I Wants To Stay HereLena HorneDuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin3:30
5Bess, You Is My WomanLena HorneDuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin5:57
6It Ain't Necessarily SoLena HorneGeorge & Ira Gershwin3:03
7Street CallsLena Horne / Harry Belafonte4:17
8Strawberry WomanHarry BelafonteDuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
9The Honey ManHarry BelafonteDuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
10 Crab ManHarry BelafonteDuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
11 My Man's Gone NowLena HorneDuBose Heyward, George Gershwin4:05
12 Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?Harry BelafonteGeorge & Ira Gershwin3:36
13 There's A Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New YorkLena HorneGeorge & Ira Gershwin2:37

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