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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Ira Gershwin, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), Summertime and Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, also Concierto de Aranjuez (adagio), Flamenco Sketches and Summertime
Part of Porgy and Bess, also Summertime, Bess, You Is My Woman Now and There’s a Boat That’s Leaving Soon for New York
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
408 other songs on fono were recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio, by Glenn Gould and Duke Ellington and His Orchestra and others
George Gershwin wrote 246 songs on fono
Ira Gershwin wrote 181 songs on fono
George Gershwin’s most frequent co-writer is Ira Gershwin (167 songs together)
Credits
All 27 credits
- Written by
- Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
- Performed by
- Bernie Glow, Bill Barber, Cannonball Adderley, Danny Bank, Dick Hixson, Dick Nixon, Ernie Royal, Frank Rehak, Gunther Schuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Cobb, Joe Bennett, Johnny Coles, Julius Watkins, Louis R. Mucci, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque and Willie Ruff
- Part of
- Porgy and Bess
- Recorded at
- CBS 30th Street Studio
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
- Performed by
- Bernie Glow, Bill Barber, Cannonball Adderley, Danny Bank, Dick Hixson, Dick Nixon, Ernie Royal, Frank Rehak, Gunther Schuller, Jimmy Cleveland, Jimmy Cobb, Joe Bennett, Johnny Coles, Julius Watkins, Louis R. Mucci, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque and Willie Ruff
- Part of
- Porgy and Bess
- Recorded at
- CBS 30th Street Studio
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Ira Gershwin
Same writer: DuBose Heyward
Same label: Columbia
Same studio: CBS 30th Street Studio
Same writer: DuBose Heyward
Same label: Columbia
Same studio: CBS 30th Street Studio
Same writer: DuBose Heyward
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Bernie Glow
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Bernie Glow
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Bill Barber
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Bill Barber
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Cannonball Adderley
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Cannonball Adderley
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Danny Bank
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Danny Bank
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Dick Hixson
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Dick Hixson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Dick Nixon
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Dick Nixon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Ernie Royal
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Ernie Royal
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Frank Rehak
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Frank Rehak
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Gunther Schuller
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Gunther Schuller
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Jimmy Cleveland
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Jimmy Cleveland
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Jimmy Cobb
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Jimmy Cobb
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Joe Bennett
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Joe Bennett
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Johnny Coles
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Johnny Coles
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Julius Watkins
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Julius Watkins
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Louis R. Mucci
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Louis R. Mucci
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Miles Davis
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Miles Davis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Paul Chambers
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Paul Chambers
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Phil Bodner
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Phil Bodner
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Romeo Penque
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Romeo Penque
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Willie Ruff
It Ain’t Necessarily So was performed by Willie Ruff
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by Dorothy Heyward
It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by Dorothy Heyward
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
22MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by DuBose Heyward
It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by DuBose Heyward
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
23MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by George Gershwin
It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by George Gershwin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
24MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by Ira Gershwin
It Ain’t Necessarily So was written by Ira Gershwin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
25MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So is part of the release Porgy and Bess
It Ain’t Necessarily So is part of the release Porgy and Bess
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
26MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio
It Ain’t Necessarily So was recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
27MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song It Ain’t Necessarily So
Columbia is the label of the song It Ain’t Necessarily So
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
28MusicBrainz It Ain’t Necessarily So was released on 1958
It Ain’t Necessarily So was released on 1958
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026