Porgy and Bess by Lawrence Tibbett - Helen Jepson

Release date: 1935 (estimated)
Label: Victor
Catalog number: C 25
Format: 78rpm
Comments: Sung by white opera singers and recorded under George Gershwin's supervision days after Porgy and Bess appeared on Broadway.
The 4-record set of 12" shellac discs bore catalog numbers, 11878, 11879, 11880, and 11881. There was no recording of the original 1935 African-American cast of the production. The 78rpm set does not include all songs that appeared in the stage production.

Tracks

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
Bess, You Is My Woman Now REL	Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (163 artists) Originally by Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' REC,REL	Lawrence Tibbett	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (123 artists) Originally by Todd Duncan PRF
It Ain't Necessarily So REC,REL	Lawrence Tibbett	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (334 artists) Originally by John W. Bubbles PRF
Lullaby ("Summertime and the Livin' Is Easy") REL	Helen Jepson	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (2389 artists) Originally by Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
My Man's Gone Now REL	Helen Jepson	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (204 artists) Originally by Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
Where Is My Bess? REC,REL	Lawrence Tibbett	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Covered by (41 artists) Originally by Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF