| recordings |
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| 1935-10-23 | Porgy and Bess: Act II. It Ain’t Necessarily So | | Lawrence Tibbett, Alexander Smallens | 3:03 |
| 1940-05-15 | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 2. It Ain’t Necessarily So | | Todd Duncan & Eva Jessye Choir | 2:45 |
| 1952-09-21 | Porgy & Bess: Act Two, Scene I. It ain’t necessarily so | live | Cab Calloway, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS‐Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens | 5:48 |
| 1963-05-13 – 1963-05-17 | Porgy and Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So | | RCA Victor Orchestra, Skitch Henderson | 2:57 |
| 1989-06 | Porgy and Bess, Suite: a. Prelude / b. “Summertime” / c. “I got plenty o' nuttin'” / d. “Bess, you is my woman now” / e. “I can't sit down” / f. “It ain't necessarily so” / g. “I loves you, Porgy” / h. “There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York” / i. “O Lawd, I'm on my way” | medley | Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams | 17:01 |
| 1998 | Porgy and Bess, Act II: It Ain’t Necessarily So | | Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel | 3:47 |
| 2009-03 | Porgy and Bess: “It Ain't Necessarily So” | | Bryn Terfel, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Paul Daniel | 3:51 |
| 2012-03 | Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So | | David Alan Grier, Bryonha Marie Parham & Company | 3:14 |
| 2020-03 | Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So | | Morgan State University Choir, Chauncey Packer, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Marin Alsop | 4:06 |
| "Porgy and Bess": It Ain't Necessarily So | | Mario‐Ratko Delorko | 4:03 |
| I Ain’t Got No Shame / It Ain’t Necessarily So (Sportin’ Life) | | Simon Estes, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Leonard Slatkin | 5:50 |
| It Ain't Necessarily So | | Diahann Carroll & The André Previn Trio | 3:19 |
| It Ain't Necessarily So | instrumental | London Promenade Orchestra | 2:46 |
| It Ain't Necessarily So | | George Gershwin | 3:06 |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So | | George Kirby | 4:28 |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So | cover and instrumental | Oscar Peterson | 4:01 |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So | | John W. Bubbles | ?:?? |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So (“Porgy and Bess”) | | Lawrence Tibbett | ?:?? |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So (instrumental) | instrumental | The Bethlehem Orchestra, Russ Garcia | 1:52 |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So / Plenty of Nothing / There’s a Boat / Porgy I’s Your Woman Now | partial | Marti Webb & Mark Rattray | 2:38 |
| Porgy and Bess Suite: It Ain’t Necessarily So | | Crispian Steele‐Perkins with Leslie Pearson | 2:26 |
| Porgy and Bess, Act II Scene 2: It ain't necessarily so | instrumental | Center City Brass Quintet | 2:33 |
| Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 2: It Ain't Necessarily So | | George Gershwin | 3:10 |
| Porgy and Bess: "It Ain't Necessarily So" (Sporting Life, Chorus) | | Avon Long, Lehman Engel | 3:00 |
| Porgy and Bess: Act II, It Ain’t Necessarily So | | German Brass | 3:15 |
| Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "It ain't necessarily so" - "Shame on all you sinners" - "Bess!...Crown!..." | | The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel | 9:33 |
| Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. "It ain't necessarily so" - "Shame on all you sinners" (Sporting Life, Chorus, Serena, Maria) | | George Gershwin | 5:59 |
| Porgy and Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So | | Mario‐Ratko Delorko | 4:12 |
| Porgy and Bess. Act II: It Ain't Neccessarily So | | Bulgarian State Radio Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov | 4:24 |
| Suite de "Porgy and Bess" - It Ain't Necessarily So | instrumental | New Symphony Orchestra of London, René Leibowitz | 2:20 |
