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I Loves You Porgy (ver. 1) by George Gershwin - Piano Sheets and Free Sheet Music

  
About the Song
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"I Loves You Porgy" is an aria from the opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. It was published in 1935. "I Loves You Porgy" has been recorded by a number of popular vocalists and jazz musicians. Nina Simone's recording of the song (from Little Girl Blue, 1958) was a Top 40 hit in the United States in 1958. A live version is featured in her 1964 album Nina Simone In Concert. Bill Evans's piano trio version recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, available on the CD re-issue of the album Waltz for Debby, is also acclaimed. Barbra Streisand recorded "I Loves You Porgy" as a medley with "I's Your Woman Now" on her "The Broadway Album" Columbia Records, 1985. Pop diva Whitney Houston sang "I Loves You Porgy" as the beginning of a medley at the 1994 American Music Awards . Christina Aguilera covered the song at the Grammy Nomination.    Download this sheet!
About the Artist
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed songs for both Broadway and the classical concert hall. He also wrote popular songs with success. Many of his compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. The jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald recorded many of the Gershwins' songs on her 1959 Gershwin Songbook (arranged by Nelson Riddle). Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs, including Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Bobby Darin, Art Tatum, Bing Crosby, Janis Joplin, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Diana Ross, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Hiromi Uehara, Madonna, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Marni Nixon, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, Nina Simone, Maureen McGovern, John Fahey, The Residents, Kate Bush, Sublime, and Sting. "I Loves You Porgy" is an aria from the opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by.
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