Tracklist

A1	Overture	10:52
A2	Summertime	4:58
A3	I Wants To Stay Here	4:38
B1	My Man's Gone Now	4:02
B2	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	3:52
B3	Buzzard Song	2:58
B4	Bess, You Is My Woman Now	5:28
C1	It Ain't Necessarily So	6:34
C2	What You Want Wid Bess	1:59
C3	A Woman Is A Sometime Thing	4:47
C4	Oh, Doctor Jesus	2:00
D1	Medley: Here Come De Honey Man - Crab Man - Oh, Dey's So Fresh & Fine	3:29
D2	There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York	4:51
D3	Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?	2:36
D4	Oh, Lawd, I'm On My Way!	2:57

Credits

• Conductor – Russell Garcia
• Lyrics By – Du Bose Heyward*, Ira Gershwin
• Music By – George Gershwin
• Producer – Norman Granz

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG V-4011-2	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(2xLP, Mono)	Verve Records	MG V-4011-2	US	1959
MIJ4 2 5317	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Verve Records	MIJ4 2 5317	Canada	Unknown
2 LP 4375/76, 2632 052	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Porgy And Bess ‎(2xLP, Album, RE)	PGP RTB, Verve Records	2 LP 4375/76, 2632 052	Yugoslavia	1979
3501 002	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(Cass, Album)	Verve Records	3501 002	Germany	Unknown
827 475-2 03 +	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Helicon Records	827 475-2 03 +	Israel	Unknown

Tracklist

1	Overture	10:54
2	Summertime	5:00
3	I Wants To Stay Here	4:40
4	My Man's Gone Now	4:04
5	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	3:54
6	Buzzard Song	3:00
7	Bess, You Is My Woman Now	5:30
8	It Ain't Necessarily So	6:36
9	What You Want Wid Bess?	2:01
10	A Woman Is A Sometime Thing	4:49
11	Oh, Doctor Jesus	2:02
Medley	(3:31)
12.1	Here Come De Honey Man
12.2	Crab Man
12.3	Oh, Dey's So Fresh & Fine (Strawberry Woman)
13	There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York	4:56
14	Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?	2:38
15	Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way	2:55

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Verve Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Verve Records, Inc.
• Remastered At – Polygram Studios, USA
• Published By – Gershwin Publishing Corp.
• Printed By – Neef

Credits

• Art Direction – Sheldon Marks
• Conductor – Russell Garcia
• Drums – Alvin Stoller
• Illustration – David Stone Martin
• Liner Notes – Lawrence D. Stewart, Norman Granz
• Lyrics By – Du Bose Heyward*, Ira Gershwin
• Music By – George Gershwin
• Photography By – Herman Leonard, Phil Stern, Tommy Amer
• Piano – Paul Smith
• Producer – Norman Granz
• Remastered By – Dennis Drake
• Trumpet – Louis Armstrong
• Vocals – Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong

Notes

℗ 1957 Verve Records, Inc. USA © 1957 Verve Records, Inc. USA

Made in W. Germany on Disc
Made in West Germany on Back Cover
Printed in West Germany by/Imprimé en Allemagne par Neef, Wittingen

✏️ Other european releases with cat N° 327 475-2, can be distinguished by :
- [this one], has "Made in W. Germany" on CD, with suffix " ✲ " in matrix, and no price code
- 11893049, has "Made in W. Germany" on CD, with suffix " + " in matrix, and with price code (POL 900).
- 1451907, has "Made in France by PMDC" on CD.
- 11197966, has no particular mention "Made in ..." on CD, and with Universal logo in matrix.
- 7642344, has "Made in W. Germany by PolyGram" on CD (PDO press).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 42282 74752 5
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 0383
• SPARS Code: AAD
• Matrix / Runout: 827 475-2 02 ✲

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MG V-4011-2	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(2xLP, Mono)	Verve Records	MG V-4011-2	US	1959
MIJ4 2 5317	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Verve Records	MIJ4 2 5317	Canada	Unknown
2 LP 4375/76, 2632 052	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Porgy And Bess ‎(2xLP, Album, RE)	PGP RTB, Verve Records	2 LP 4375/76, 2632 052	Yugoslavia	1979
3501 002	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(Cass, Album)	Verve Records	3501 002	Germany	Unknown
827 475-2 03 +	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Helicon Records	827 475-2 03 +	Israel	Unknown