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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 Ray Anthony 1955
5 It Ain't Necessarily So Charlie Shavers 1956
6 It Ain't Necessarily So Lou Levy 1956
7 It Ain't Necessarily So Peggy Lee 1956
8 It Ain't Necessarily So The Delta Rhythm Boys 1957
9 It Ain't Necessarily So Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1957
10 It Ain't Necessarily So Miles Davis 1958
11 It Ain't Necessarily So Sammy Davis Jr. 1959
12 It Ain't Necessarily So Pearl Bailey 1959
13 It Ain't Necessarily So The Ramsey Lewis Trio 1959
14 It Ain't Necessarily So Mundell Lowe and His All Stars 1959
15 It Ain't Necessarily So Hank Jones 1959
16 It Ain't Necessarily So Lena Horne With Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra 1959
17 It Ain't Necessarily So Diahann Carroll and the Andre Previn Trio 1959
18 It Ain't Necessarily So Ralph Burns & His Orchestra 1959
19 It Ain't Necessarily So Arne Domnérus and His Orchestra 1959
20 It Ain't Necessarily So George Rhodes 1959
21 It Ain't Necessarily So Bobby Darin March 1959
22 It Ain't Necessarily So Art Farmer & Benny Golson 1960
23 It Ain't Necessarily So Neville Taylor January 1960
24 It Ain't Necessarily So Svend Asmussen & Ulrik Neumann 1961
25 It Ain't Necessarily So King Curtis 1961
26 It Ain't Necessarily So Aretha Franklin 1961
27 It Ain't Necessarily So Walt Dickerson 1962
28 It Ain't Necessarily So Barney Kessel Plus Big Band 1962
29 It Ain't Necessarily So Herbie Mann 1962
30 It Ain't Necessarily So Duffy Power February 1963
31 It Ain't Necessarily So Brother Jack McDuff June 5, 1963
32 It Ain't Necessarily So Pete Jolly 1964
33 It Ain't Necessarily So The Junior Mance Trio 1965
34 It Ain't Necessarily So The Moody Blues 1965
35 It Ain't Necessarily So P.J. Proby 1965
36 It Ain't Necessarily So The Modern Jazz Quartet 1965
37 It Ain't Necessarily So Avon Long and Margaret Tynes 1965
38 It Ain't Necessarily So The Beefeaters 1966
39 It Ain't Necessarily So The Soulful Strings 1968
40 It Ain't Necessarily So Classics IV 1969
41 It Ain't Necessarily So George Mraz in Duet with Roland Hanna 1976
42 It Ain't Necessarily So Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band 1977
43 It Ain't Necessarily So Joe Pass 1981
44 It Ain't Necessarily So Bronski Beat 1984
45 It Ain't Necessarily So Lee Konitz & Franco D'Andrea 1989
46 It Ain't Necessarily So Dave Van Ronk 1990
47 It Ain't Necessarily So The Jody Grind 1990
48 It Ain't Necessarily So Andy Bey 1991
49 It Ain't Necessarily So Cher 1994
50 It Ain't Necessarily So Marcus Roberts 1994
51 It Ain't Necessarily So Herbie Hancock 1998
52 It Ain't Necessarily So Susannah McCorkle April 7, 1998
53 It Ain't Necessarily So Rick Stepton Sextet May 26, 1998
54 It Ain't Necessarily So Finley Quaye October 6, 1998
55 It Ain't Necessarily So Janet Seidel and William Galison 2001
56 It Ain't Necessarily So Marc Copland Trio 2002
57 It Ain't Necessarily So Jamie Cullum July 23, 2002
58 It Ain't Necessarily So The Dick Fregulia Trio 2007
59 It Ain't Necessarily So Caroline [1] 2008
60 It Ain't Necessarily So Molly Johnson 2008
61 It Ain't Necessarily So Bennett Harris August 27, 2008
62 It Ain't Necessarily So Laurent Korcia March 2009
63 It Ain't Necessarily So Asylum Street Spankers October 6, 2009
64 It Ain't Necessarily So Brian Wilson August 17, 2010
65 It Ain't Necessarily So Rosemary Standley January 25, 2011
66 It Ain't Necessarily So The Tierney Sutton Band September 6, 2011

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