I loves you, Porgy

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George Gershwin (1937)

I Loves You, Porgy is a duet from the opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin . It was first sung on October 10, 1935 at the Alvin Theater in New York.

background

Originally a duet by Anne Brown and Todd Duncan in the 1935 first recording and 1942 revival of the opera, I Loves You, Porgy has been recorded as a solo number by a number of well-known singers and jazz musicians, most notably Billie Holiday (1948), Oscar Peterson (1959 ), Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1957), Miles Davis with Bill Evans as arranger (1958) and Nina Simone . The recording of the song by Nina Simone (from the album Little Girl Blue , 1958) was a top 20 pop hit in the United States of America in the fall of 1959. Simone's version of the song made it to number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the R&B charts. She played a live version of the song in 1964 on her album Nina Simone in Concert. Bill Evans' piano trio version, recorded at Village Vanguard in 1961 , is also well known. More recent recordings come from trumpeter / flugelhornist Clark Terry , who recorded the opera together with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Jeff Lindberg, or from Keith Jarrett, on whose album The Melody at Night, with You the song can be found.

Cover versions

  • James Brown  recorded I Loves You, Porgy for the album Cold Sweat  (1967).
  • Barbra Streisand recorded I Loves You, Porgy as a medley with Bess, You Is My Woman Now (sung as Porgy, I's Your Woman Now ) on her album The Broadway Album (1985).
  • Jex Saarelaht and Kate Ceberano recorded a version on their album Open the Door - Live at Mietta’s (1992).
  • Whitney Houston sang I Loves You, Porgy at the start of a medley with I Have Nothing at the 1994 American Music Awards. This performance is included on the 2014 CD / DVD Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances. Houston sang the tune several times on her Bodyguard Tour in 1993 , as well as on her 1997 televised ( Home Box Office ) show Classic Whitney: Live in Washigton, DC
  • Christina Aguilera sang a critically acclaimed rendition of the song on a Grammy nomination in December 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c I Loves You Porgy. Retrieved February 13, 2017 .
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B / Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 . Record Research, 2004, p. 528 .
  3. ^ Nina Simone in Concert. allmusic.com, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  4. ^ At the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans. allmusic.com, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  5. ↑ The Melody at Night, with You - Keith Jarrett. ECM Records, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ The Broadway Album - Barbra Streisand. allmusic.com, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Jex Saarelaht With Kate Ceberano - Open The Door - Live At Mietta's. Discos.com, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Live: Her Greatest Performances - Whitney Houston. allmusic.com, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  9. ^ Classic Whitney Live From Washington, DC Hollywood.com, accessed February 13, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Lil Wayne tops Grammy nods amid a British invasion. In: The Boston Globe. Boston.com, December 4, 2008, accessed February 13, 2017 .