Percy Faith Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess

Percy Faith Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Studio album by
Percy Faith
Released1959
GenreEasy listening
LabelColumbia

Percy Faith Plays George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is a 1959 album by Percy Faith. It was released in 1959 by Columbia Records (catalog no. CS8105). The album features Faith and his orchestra playing music from George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.[1][2]

It debuted on the pop album chart on May 25, 1959, peaked at the No. 17 spot, and remained on the chart for 14 weeks.[3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Catfish Row"
  2. "Summertime"
  3. "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing"
  4. "My Man's Gone Now"
  5. "Leavin' for the Promised Land"
  6. "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'"
  7. "The Buzzard Song"

Side B

  1. "Bess, You Is My Woman Now"
  2. "Oh I Can't Sit Down"
  3. "It Ain't Necssarily So"
  4. "The Strawberry Woman and the Crab Man"
  5. "I Loves You, Porgy"
  6. "There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York"
  7. "Bess, Oh Where's My Boss"
  8. "O Lawd I'm on My Way"

References

  1. ^ "Percy Faith – Percy Faith Plays George Gershwin's Porgy And Bess". Discogs. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Porgy and Bess". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. p. 107. ISBN 0823076318.