I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)

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Relationships

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:Chappell & Co.
New Dawn Music
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV
Warner/Chappell North America
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/8543 [info]
Wikidata:Q5978350 [info]
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 3)
later translated versions:Kumm hoit mi Porgy
version of:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1932-12-22Porgy (alternate take B)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:10
1932-12-22Porgy (alternate take C)Duke Ellington & His Orchestra3:16
1933-02-17Blackbird Medley, Part 2 (intro. Dixie / Diga Diga Doo / Porgy / I Can't Give You Anything but Love)instrumental and medleyDuke Ellington and His Orchestra3:01
1933-02-17Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take B)instrumental and medleyDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:06
1933-02-17Blackbird Medley, Part 2: Dixie / Diga Diga Do / Porgy / I Can’t Give You Anything But Love (alternate take C)instrumental and medleyDuke Ellington & His Orchestra3:06
1948-12-10(I Love You) PorgyBillie Holiday acc by Bobby Tucker and His Trio2:55
1948-12-10I Loves You PorgyBobby Tucker and His Trio2:56
1948-12-10PorgyBillie Holiday & The Stardusters2:57
1948-12-10PorgyBillie Holiday2:57
1948-12-10PorgyBillie Holiday2:58
1948-12-10Porgy (single version)Billie Holiday with Bobby Tucker and His Trio2:58
1951-10I Love You, PorgyliveBillie Holiday3:05
1956-11-08I Love You PorgyliveBillie Holiday2:29
1956PorgyBillie Holiday2:32
1957-08-28I Loves You, PorgycoverElla Fitzgerald4:37
1957-12I Loves You Porgy (hi fidelity mono)coverNina Simone4:11
1957-12I Loves You, PorgycoverNina Simone4:11
1958-04-25I Loves You, PorgyElla Fitzgerald & Her Trio4:56
1958-07-22 – 1958-08-18I Loves You, Porgycover and instrumentalMiles Davis4:07
1958-08-10Porgy and Bess Medley: I Loves You Porgy / Porgy, I’s You Woman Now (Bess, You Is My Woman Now) (live, 1958-08-10: Mister Kelly’s, Chicago, IL, USA)cover and liveElla Fitzgerald5:48
1958-08-18I Loves You, Porgycover and instrumentalMiles Davis3:43
1958I Love You PorgyinstrumentalMundell Lowe and His All Stars4:58
1958 – 1962I Loves You, Porgycover and instrumentalBill Evans6:01
1959-01-12PorgyBarbara Dane3:48
1959-08-07I Loves You, PorgyStuff Smith3:21
1960-06-14PorgyinstrumentalSun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra3:35
1960-06-30I Loves You, Porgy (live, 1960‐06‐30: Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA)cover and liveNina Simone4:06
1961-06-25I Loves You, PorgyBill Evans6:10
1961-06-25I Loves You, Porgy (1961-06-25 evening set)cover, instrumental and liveBill Evans Trio5:59
1961-06-25I Loves You, PorgyliveBill Evans Trio6:10
1961-06-25I Loves You, Porgycover, instrumental and liveBill Evans6:03
1961-06-25Porgy (I Loves You Porgy)cover, instrumental and liveBill Evans Trio With Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian5:58
1963-01-10I Loves You, Porgycover and instrumentalBill Evans5:50
1963-01-10I Loves You, Porgycover and instrumentalBill Evans5:50
1964-03-21I Loves You, Porgy (live)cover and liveNina Simone2:32
1964-07-23 – 1964-07-24I Love You Porgy (mono)coverThe Modern Jazz Quartet3:21
1964-07I Loves You, Porgy (stereo)instrumentalThe Modern Jazz Quartet3:26
1966-07-02I Loves You Porgy (live, 1966-07-02: Festival Field, Newport, RI, US)cover and liveNina Simone4:03
1966-11-18I Loves You, PorgyBob Crosby & the Bob Cats?:??
1968-04-07I Loves You, Porgy (live, 1968-04-07: Westbury Music Fair, Long Island, NY, USA)liveNina Simone3:28
1968-06-15I Loves You Porgycover and instrumentalBill Evans5:50
1968-06-15I Loves You, Porgy (live, 1968-06-15: Montreux Casino, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland)cover, instrumental and liveBill Evans6:03
1968-06-15I Loves You, Porgycover, instrumental and liveBill Evans5:48
1968-06-15I Loves You, Porgyinstrumental and liveBill Evans6:03
1968I Loves You Porgy (Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival, 1968)cover, instrumental and liveBill Evans5:39
1969I Loves You PorgycoverPriscilla Paris2:59
1970PorgycoverOscar Peterson Trio6:16
1971-07-21The Ballad Medley: Body and Soul / The Man I Love / Porgylive and medleyElla Fitzgerald4:50
1971-09I Loves You Porgycover and instrumentalGrover Washington, Jr.5:06
1971-11-17Medley: I Loves You, Porgy / Georgia on My Mindinstrumental, live and medleyOscar Peterson3:45
1973-07-07I Loves You Porgyinstrumental and liveBill Evans4:53
1976-06-28I Love You Porgycover and instrumentalGeorge Mraz in Duet With Roland Hanna13:10
1977I Loves You Porgyinstrumental and liveBill Evans6:15
1977I Loves You, PorgyinstrumentalRahsaan Roland Kirk1:50
1978-10Porgy and Bess Medleyinstrumental and medleyEddie Higgins17:45
1979-11-06I Loves You, Porgycover, instrumental and liveBill Evans5:40
1979-11-06I Loves You, Porgycover, instrumental and liveBill Evans6:19
1979-11-26I Loves You Porgyinstrumental and liveBill Evans7:04
1980-09-02Medley: Noelle's Theme / I Loves You Porgycover, instrumental, live and medleyBill Evans Trio7:30
1982-02-01 – 1982-02-02Overture: Porgy and Bess. Medley: Summertime / It Ain’t Necessarily So / I Loves You, Porgylive and medleySarah Vaughan, George Gaffney, Harold Jones, Andy Simpkins, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas7:32
1984-11-17I Loves You, Porgycover and liveNina Simone2:43
1985I Loves You Porgy / Porgy, I’s Your Woman Now (Bess, You Is My Woman)cover and medleyBarbra Streisand4:36
1986-10I Loves You, Porgy / SummertimemedleyCarol Sloane5:33
1988-02-29 – 1988-03-03I Loves You PorgycoverBill Warfield Big Band7:11
1988-03-21 – 1988-03-22I Loves You, PorgyGeorge Gershwin4:42
1989-03-11I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalBuddy DeFranco6:38
1989-05-02 – 1989-05-03I Loves You Porgy山下洋輔7:06
1990-07-17I Loves You Porgycover and liveNina Simone?:??
1991-12I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalJohn Abercrombie & Andy LaVerne8:59
1992-03-07I Loves You Porgy / Here Comes de Honey Manlive and medleyShirley Horn9:44
1992-06I Love You PorgyinstrumentalGeorges Rabol, Jazzogène Orchestra, Jean-Luc Fillon4:56
1993-03I Loves You, PorgycoverMarc Copland9:30
1993-11I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalRichie Beirach & Andy LaVerne4:46
1993-12I Loves You, PorgyinstrumentalMcCoy Tyner & Bobby Hutcherson3:58
1994-02-07Medley: I Loves You, Porgy / And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going / I Have Nothing (live from the 21st Annual American Music Awards)cover, live and medleyWhitney Houston10:00
1994-02-14I Loves You, Porgy (live, 1994-02-14: C'est What, Toronto, ON, Canada)cover and liveJeff Buckley?:??
1994-10I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalJoe Locke8:30
1995-05I Loves You, PorgycoverDallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton7:10
1996-03-30I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalSvend Asmussen Quartet7:24
1996-05-20I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalLynne Arriale Trio8:48
1996-07I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalDoug Raney8:23
1996-07I Loves You PorgycoverDoug Raney Quartet8:20
1997-05I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalJoe Henderson4:20
1998-01I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalGunnar Bergsten6:11
1998-10-13I Loves You, Porgyinstrumental and liveFred Hersch7:02
1998I Loves You PorgyinstrumentalBennie Wallace6:43
1998I Loves You PorgycoverKeith Jarrett5:50
1999-10-04 – 1999-10-05I Loves You PorgycoverMark Turner5:42
1999-11-06Loves You, Porgycover and liveBennie Wallace5:17
1999-12-20 – 1999-12-22I Loves You, PorgycoverOrchestra Jazz della Sardegna, Paolo Fresu featuring David Linx?:??
2000-08I Wants to Stay Here (I Loves You Porgy)coverMagni Wentzel Sextet6:04
2002-02PorgyinstrumentalArchie Shepp & Mal Waldron8:38
2002-03-25 – 2002-03-30I Loves You PorgyClare Teal5:37
2002-05-10 – 2002-05-16I Loves You, PorgyPaolo Fresu4:29
2002-05-25I Love You, PorgylivePatty Waters6:05
2003-01-07 – 2003-01-08I Loves You Porgycover and liveTrijntje Oosterhuis6:33
2003-07I Love You PorgyCarmen Lundy7:30
2004-11-20I Loves You Porgycover and instrumentalMarc Copland & Randy Brecker8:16
2005-02I Loves You, PorgyIlse Huizinga4:00
2005-05-18 – 2005-05-19I Loves You Porgycover and instrumentalPaolo Fresu & Uri Caine5:22
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