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Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer"

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Barbara Conrad, Florence Quivar, Willard White, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

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  • 1976
  • 2:54
  • 85 BPM · G minor

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  1. Written by Ira Gershwin, also ’S Wonderful (Ella Fitzgerald), It Ain’t Necessarily So (Miles Davis) and Summertime (Miles Davis)

  2. Released on Decca Records, also Sympathy for the Devil (The Rolling Stones), Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee) and La Vie en rose (Louis Armstrong)

  3. Recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic, also Nocturnes : II. Fêtes. Animé et très rythmé — Modéré mais toujours très rythmé (The Cleveland Orchestra), Nocturnes : III. Sirènes. Modérément animé and Pétrouchka: First Tableau (The Cleveland Orchestra)

  4. Part of Porgy and Bess, also Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’” – “Lissen there, what I tells you” (Willard White), Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "My man's gone now" - "How de saucer stan' now, my sister?" (Florence Quivar) and Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. Introduction: Jasbo Brown Blues

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Written by
DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Performed by
Barbara Conrad, Florence Quivar, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Willard White
Part of
Porgy and Bess
Recorded at
TempleLive Cleveland Masonic
Released on
Decca Records

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by Barbara Conrad

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by Barbara Conrad

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  2. 2MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by Florence Quivar

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by Florence Quivar

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  3. 3MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

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  4. 4MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by Willard White

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was performed by Willard White

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    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was written by DuBose Heyward

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was written by DuBose Heyward

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  6. 6MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was written by George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was written by George Gershwin

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  7. 7MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was written by Ira Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was written by Ira Gershwin

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  8. 8MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" is part of the release Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" is part of the release Porgy and Bess

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  9. 9MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic

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  10. 10MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer"

    Decca Records is the label of the song Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer"

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  11. 11MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was released on 1976

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. "Overflow, overflow" - "Gawd got plenty of money for de saucer" was released on 1976

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