Soundtracks for
Porgy and Bess (1959) More at IMDbPro »

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• "Summertime"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Diahann Carroll (dubbed by Loulie Jean Norman) and Women's Chorus
  
  
  
• "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Leslie Scott, Sammy Davis Jr., Earl Jackson, and chorus
  
  
  
• "Here Come de Honey Man"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Clarence Muse
  
  
  
• "They Pass By Singin'"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Sidney Poitier (dubbed by Robert McFerrin)
  
  
  
• "The Crap Game"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by cast and chorus
  
  
  
• "Gone, Gone, Gone"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Chorus
  
  
  
• "My Man's Gone Now"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Ruth Attaway (dubbed by Inez Matthews)
  
  
  
• "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Sidney Poitier (dubbed by Robert McFerrin) and Chorus
  
  
  
• "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Sidney Poitier (dubbed by Robert McFerrin) and Dorothy Dandridge (dubbed by Adele Addison)
  
  
  
• "Oh, I Can't Sit Down"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Pearl Bailey and Chorus
  
  
  
• "I Ain't Got No Shame"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Chorus at the picnic
  
  
  
• "It Ain't Necessarily So"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Sammy Davis Jr. and Chorus
  
  
  
• "What You Want With Bess?"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Brock Peters and Dorothy Dandridge (dubbed by Adele Addison)
  
  
  
• "O Doctor Jesus"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Ruth Attaway (dubbed by Inez Matthews)
  
  
  
• "Street Vendors' Cries"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by chorus members
  
  
  
• "I Loves You Porgy"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Dorothy Dandridge (dubbed by Adele Addison) and Sidney Poitier (dubbed by Robert McFerrin)
  
  
  
• "God and Me"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Brock Peters, Brock Peters
  
  
  
• "A Red Headed Woman"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Brock Peters and Chorus
  
  
  
• "Clara, Clara"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by chorus
  
  
  
• "Summertime"
  (reprise)
  Sung by Dorothy Dandridge (dubbed by Adele Addison)
  
  
  
• "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Sammy Davis Jr.
  
  
  
• "Morning Sounds"
  (from an idea by Rouben Mamoulian) and "Good Mornin', Sistuh"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Performed by workers and Sung by Chorus
  
  
  
• "O Bess, O Where's My Bess"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
  Sung by Sidney Poitier (dubbed by Robert McFerrin)
  
  
  
• "Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way"
  Music by George Gershwin
  Lyrics by DuBose Heyward
  Sung by Sidney Poitier (dubbed by Robert McFerrin) and Chorus
  

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