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"I Loves You, Porgy" is a duet from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. [1] It was performed in the opera's premiere in 1935 [2] and on Broadway the same year by Anne Brown and Todd Duncan. [1]
He turned professional, briefly toured with the Short Brothers and then found himself back in Nashville working with Big Jeff Bess, husband of Hattie Louise "Tootsie" Bess, owner of the famous Tootsie's Orchid Lounge on Music City's Lower Broadway. It was whilst working with Bess that Rivers was first approached by Williams.
Porgy and Bess (Columbia Masterworks 1951), the first recording of the full opera (after the customary cuts), with Lawrence Winters as Porgy and Camilla Williams as Bess. [5] Porgy and Bess, (RCA 1963), a single disc of selections that brought back together the stars from the opera's world tour in the 1950s, Leontyne Price and William Warfield.
The song has been covered by many musicians since its performance by Todd Duncan at the opera's premiere in 1935. Some of the most notable performers included Bing Crosby (recorded March 29, 1936), [ 6 ] Aaron Bridgers (1950), Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (1957), Frank Sinatra (1957), Pearl Bailey (1959), Carol Kidd (1994).
"Bless the Broken Road" is a song that has been recorded by several American country music artists. Co-written by Marcus Hummon, Bobby Boyd, and Jeff Hanna in 1994, it tells how the journey through relationship heartbreak and disappointment was an important series of lessons along the broken road to finding one’s true love.
17 – Jeff Berlin, American bassist. 20 – Andrew Bisset, Australian author, music educator, and singer (died 2005). 27 – Bob Mintzer, American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader. 31 – Big Time Sarah, American singer (died 2015). February. 2 – Louis Sclavis, French clarinetist, bass clarinetist, and soprano saxophonist.
Jeff Yass is not your average billionaire who wants something out of Washington. During the 2022 midterm elections, Yass donated $47 million to help Republican candidates and committees, ...
"Big Ten Inch Record", also known as "Big Ten-Inch (Record of the Blues)", [1] is a rhythm and blues song written by Fred Weismantel. It was first recorded in 1952 by Bull Moose Jackson and released by King Records , originally on 10" vinyl, the most popular format at the time.