- I Loves You Porgy
Infobox Song
Name = I Loves You Porgy
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Type = Single
Artist =Nina Simone
alt Artist =
Album =Little Girl Blue (Nina Simone album)
Published =
Released = 1958
track_no = 10
Recorded =New York City , 1957
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Writer =DuBose Heyward ,Ira Gershwin
Composer =George Gershwin (alternative arrangement: Nina Simone)
Label =Bethlehem Records
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prev = You'll Never Walk Alone (instr)
prev_no = 9
next = Central Park Blues (instr)
next_no = 11
Misc = debut single and launch of Simone's career"I Loves You Porgy" is an
aria from theopera "Porgy and Bess " with music byGeorge Gershwin andlyrics byDuBose Heyward andIra Gershwin . It was published in 1935."I Loves You Porgy" has been recorded by a number of popular vocalists and jazz musicians.
Nina Simone 's recording of the song (from "Little Girl Blue", 1958) was a Top 40 hit in theUnited States in1958 .Bill Evans 's piano trio version recorded at theVillage Vanguard in 1961, available on the CD re-issue of the album "Waltz for Debby ", is also acclaimed.Pop
diva Whitney Houston sang "I Loves You Porgy" as the beginning of amedley at the 1994American Music Awards .
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