Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.16	Porgy & Bess Medley: Summertime/It Ain’t Necessarily So/ Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?	5:07	Frank Sinatra	Lost and Found – The Radio Years	Frank Sinatra	Album + Compilation	US2015	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	88875147142

recorded in:	New York, New York, United States (on 1946-04-10)

lead vocals:	Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1946-04-10)
vocals:	Hal Hopper (on 1946-04-10) June Hutton (on 1946-04-10) Chuck Lowry (on 1946-04-10) The Pied Pipers (American vocal group, active 1930s-50s) (on 1946-04-10) Clark Yocum (on 1946-04-10)
conductor:	Axel Stordahl (on 1946-04-10)

recording of:	It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (on 1946-04-10: cover, medley) Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (on 1946-04-10: cover, medley) Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1946-04-10: cover, medley)

lyricist:	Ira Gershwin Dorothy Heyward (playwright) DuBose Heyward
composer:	George Gershwin (composer)

publisher:	Chappell Music (ASCAP) Gershwin Publishing Corp Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music) Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:	Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)

referred to in medleys:	It Ain’t Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 5)
later translated versions:	C’n’est pas nécessairement ça I waas ned obs wiaklich so woa
later versions:	It Ain’t Necessarily So (from ‘Porgy and Bess’) (arrangement for 48 violas)
version of:	Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sportin’ Life)
is the basis for:	Etude on "It Ain't Necessarily So" Vals

lyricist:	Ira Gershwin DuBose Heyward
composer:	George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)

referred to in medleys:	Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 6)
later translated versions:	Песня Порги
later versions:	Bess, oh where’s my Bess (for piano solo)
part of:	Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III (order: 5)

lyricist:	Ira Gershwin (in 1934) Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:	George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)

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referred to in medleys:	Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 1)
later translated parody versions:	Tschibuti
later translated versions:	C'est l'été Sommartid Summa is Summertime (French lyrics)
version of:	Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
is the basis for:	And the Living Is Easy Doin’ Time One of These Mornings Summer Time Summertime Variations Summertime Variations The Bones of You 光のない部屋
arrangements:	Summertime (arr. for guitar by 武満徹) Summertime (catch-all for arrangements) Summertime (Rick Wakeman arrangement) Summertime (for brass band, arr. Snell) Summertime (Kahil El’Zabar arrangement) Summertime (arr. Dickson‐Place, for TBB a cappella)
music quoted in:	Fame
lyrics quoted in:	Doin’ Time