Song: It Ain't Necessarily So

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Music written by
George Gershwin
Lyrics written by
Ira Gershwin
Language
English

Originals

First performance
It Ain't Necessarily So by John W. Bubbles in stage production Porgy and Bess (October 10, 1935)
First release
It Ain't Necessarily So by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians on audio single It Ain't Necessarily So (1936)

Versions

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 It Ain't Necessarily So John W. Bubbles October 10, 1935 (performance date)
2 It Ain't Necessarily So Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians 1936
3 It Ain't Necessarily So Paul Robeson 1938
4 It Ain't Necessarily So Maxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra 1939
5 It Ain't Necessarily So Todd Duncan 1940
6 It Ain't Necessarily So Aaron Bridgers 1950
7 It Ain't Necessarily So Cal Tjader 1955
8 It Ain't Necessarily So Ray Anthony 1955
9 It Ain't Necessarily So Charlie Shavers 1956
10 It Ain't Necessarily So Peggy Lee 1956
11 It Ain't Necessarily So Lou Levy 1956
12 It Ain't Necessarily So Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1957
13 It Ain't Necessarily So Eddie Vinson 1957
14 It Ain't Necessarily So The Delta Rhythm Boys January 1958
15 It Ain't Necessarily So Miles Davis 1958
16 It Ain't Necessarily So Bobby Darin March 1959
17 It Ain't Necessarily So Ralph Burns & His Orchestra 1959
18 It Ain't Necessarily So The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1959
19 It Ain't Necessarily So George Rhodes 1959
20 It Ain't Necessarily So Sammy Davis Jr. 1959
21 It Ain't Necessarily So Diahann Carroll and the Andre Previn Trio 1959
22 It Ain't Necessarily So Lena Horne with Lennie Hayton and His Orch. 1959
23 It Ain't Necessarily So Mundell Lowe and His All Stars 1959
24 It Ain't Necessarily So Hank Jones 1959
25 It Ain't Necessarily So Arne Domnérus and His Orchestra 1959
26 It Ain't Necessarily So Bill Potts Big Band 1959
27 It Ain't Necessarily So Pearl Bailey 1959
28 It Ain't Necessarily So Neville Taylor January 1960
29 It Ain't Necessarily So Art Farmer & Benny Golson 1960
30 It Ain't Necessarily So Aretha Franklin February 1961
31 It Ain't Necessarily So Svend Asmussen & Ulrik Neumann 1961
32 It Ain't Necessarily So Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings 1961
33 It Ain't Necessarily So King Curtis 1961
34 It Ain't Necessarily So Herbie Mann 1962
35 It Ain't Necessarily So Barney Kessel Plus Big Band 1962
36 It Ain't Necessarily So The Francis Bay Orchestra 1962
37 It Ain't Necessarily So Walt Dickerson 1962
38 It Ain't Necessarily So Duffy Power February 1963
39 It Ain't Necessarily So Brother Jack McDuff June 5, 1963
40 It Ain't Necessarily So Georgia Brown 1963
41 It Ain't Necessarily So Freddie Roach 1964
42 It Ain't Necessarily So Pete Jolly 1964
43 It Ain't Necessarily So The Honeycombs 1964
44 It Ain't Necessarily So P.J. Proby 1965
45 It Ain't Necessarily So Avon Long and Margaret Tynes 1965
46 It Ain't Necessarily So The Modern Jazz Quartet 1965
47 It Ain't Necessarily So The Junior Mance Trio 1965
48 It Ain't Necessarily So The Moody Blues 1965
49 It Ain't Necessarily So The Beefeaters 1966
50 It Ain't Necessarily So Edmond Hall 1967
51 It Ain't Necessarily So The Soulful Strings 1968
52 It Ain't Necessarily So Classics IV 1969
53 It Ain't Necessarily So George Mraz in Duet with Roland Hanna 1976
54 It Ain't Necessarily So Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band 1977
55 It Ain't Necessarily So Joe Pass 1981
56 It Ain't Necessarily So Bronski Beat 1984
57 It Ain't Necessarily So Gevleugelde vrienden 1987
58 It Ain't Necessarily So Jim Cullum Jazz Band 1987
59 It Ain't Necessarily So Lee Konitz & Franco D'Andrea 1989
60 It Ain't Necessarily So The Jody Grind 1990
61 It Ain't Necessarily So Dave Van Ronk 1990
62 It Ain't Necessarily So Andy Bey 1991
63 It Ain't Necessarily So Cher July 1994
64 Ain't Necessarily So Carol Kidd 1994
65 It Ain't Necessarily So Burnett Thompson 1994
66 It Ain't Necessarily So Marcus Roberts 1994
67 It Ain't Necessarily So Colm Wilkinson and The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Mike Batt 1995
68 It Ain't Necessarily So Susannah McCorkle April 7, 1998
69 It Ain't Necessarily So Rick Stepton Sextet May 26, 1998
70 It Ain't Necessarily So Finley Quaye October 6, 1998
71 It Ain't Necessarily So Eddie Henderson Quintet 1998
72 It Ain't Necessarily So Jack Jezzro 1998
73 It Ain't Necessarily So Herbie Hancock 1998
74 It Ain't Necessarily So Janet Seidel and William Galison 2001
75 It Ain't Necessarily So Jamie Cullum July 23, 2002
76 It Ain't Necessarily So Marc Copland Trio 2002
77 It Ain't Necessarily So George Winston May 18, 2004
78 It Ain't Necessarily So The Dick Fregulia Trio 2007
79 It Ain't Necessarily So Bennett Harris August 27, 2008
80 It Ain't Necessarily So Molly Johnson 2008
81 It Ain't Necessarily So Caroline [1] 2008
82 It Ain't Necessarily So Laurent Korcia March 2009
83 It Ain't Necessarily So Asylum Street Spankers October 6, 2009
84 Medley - Summertime / I Loves You, Porgy / I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' / It Ain't Necessarily So Brian Wilson August 17, 2010
85 It Ain't Necessarily So Rosemary Standley January 25, 2011
86 It Ain't Necessarily So The Tierney Sutton Band September 6, 2011
87 It Ain't Necessarily So Tok Tok Tok September 20, 2012

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