Lullaby ("Summertime and the Livin' Is Easy") / My Man's Gone Now

~ Release by Helen Jepson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

One of four 12" 78 rpm vinyl records (with publishing numbers 11878 Victor, 11879 Victor, 11880 Victor and 11881 Victor) – and the very first release of Summertime

These Highlights from Porgy and Bess were recorded just days after the show opened on Broadway on October 10, 1935. While the opera was performed by an all-African American singing cast, including Todd Duncan and Anne Brown, the 1935 records replaced them with white opera singers Lawrence Tibbett and Helen Jepson. (The Original 1935 Broadway Cast will be recorded only five years later, in 1940, and released on Decca)

Annotation last modified on 2009-05-24 01:30 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ Vinyl 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Lullaby ("Summertime and the Livin' Is Easy")
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
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2My Man's Gone Now
recording of:
My Man’s Gone Now (aria from Porgy and Bess, use this for non-opera or instrumental recordings)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Nokawi Music, Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My Man’s Gone Now”
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