Annotation

"A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" is its commonly-known title as a contemporary standard. "Lissen to yo' daddy warn you" is the first line of the opera aria (and included in several recording titles).

Annotation last modified on 2014-10-15 05:41 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/22982 [info]
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess (Suite): A Woman Is a Sometime Thing / I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
part of:Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I (order: 5)
arrangements:Porgy and Bess: A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1935-10-14Porgy and Bess: Act I. Summertime and Crap Game - A Woman Is a Sometime ThingHelen Jepson, Lawrence Tibbett, Alexander Smallens3:23
1942-05-23Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. A Woman Is a Sometime ThingEdward Matthews1:40
1942-05-23Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene 1. A Woman Is a Sometime Thing / Introducing: SummertimeEdward Matthews assisted by Harriet Jackson with Eva Jessye Choir?:??
1952-09-21Porgy & Bess: Act One, Scene I. Lissen to yo’ daddy – A woman is a sometime thing (live, 1952-09-21: Titania Palast, Berlin, Germany)liveCab Calloway, Jerry Laws, Joseph James, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS‐Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens3:00
1957-08-18 – 1957-10-14Porgy & Bess: A Woman Is a Sometime ThingElla Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong4:48
1957A Women Is a Sometime ThingcoverElla Fitzgerald4:45
1959-01-13 – 1959-01-15A Woman Is a Sometime ThinginstrumentalPercy Faith1:47
1959A Women Is a Sometime ThingHarry Belafonte2:40
1963-05-13 – 1963-05-17Porgy and Bess: A Woman Is a Sometime ThingRCA Victor Orchestra, Skitch Henderson1:53
1992-06A Woman Is a Sometime ThinginstrumentalGeorges Rabol, Jazzogène Orchestra, Jean-Luc Fillon2:47
1995-05Woman Is a Sometime ThingcoverDallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton1:49
1998Porgy and Bess, Act I: A Woman Is a Sometime ThingCincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel1:58
2012-03Porgy and Bess: A Woman Is a Sometime ThingJoshua Henry, David Alan Grier & Company2:16
2020-03Porgy and Bess: A Woman Is a Sometime ThingMorgan State University Choir, Chauncey Packer, Darrin Scott, Kevin Short, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Marin Alsop2:17
A woman is a sometime thingcoverElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong4:48
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingPearl Bailey2:03
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingcoverCarmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr.3:42
A Woman Is a Sometime ThinginstrumentalPete Jolly?:??
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingcoverElla & Louis4:48
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong4:47
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingcoverElla Fitzgerald4:47
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingEdward Matthews, Harriet Jackson & Chorus2:44
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingLouis Armstrong4:47
A Woman Is a Sometime ThingEdward Matthews and Harriet Jackson2:45
A Woman Is A Sometime ThingGeorge Gershwin1:49
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing / Narration 3Frank Rosolino / Al ‘Jazzbo’ Collins2:39
A Woman Is a Sometimes Thinginstrumental101 Strings3:27
Porgy and Bess, Act I, Scene 1: A Woman Is a Sometime Thing (1976 Houston Grand Opera cast)George Gershwin2:11
Porgy and Bess: "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing" (Jake, Chorus)Andrew Frierson, Lehman Engel1:56
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "A woman is a sometime thing (Lissen to yo' daddy warn you)"Arthur Thompson, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel2:01
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "Give him to me" - "Lissen to yo' daddy warn you" - "A woman is a sometime thing" (Jake, Mingo, Sporting Life, Chorus, Baby, Clara, Robbins, Peter, Lily, Maria)George Gershwin3:29
Porgy and Bess. Act I: A Woman Is a Sometime ThingBulgarian State Radio Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov2:10