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Artwork for Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" Willard White, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you"

Willard White, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

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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 (The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus) 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”, 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 (The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus)

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Written by
DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Performed by
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 I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was performed by Willard White

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was performed by Willard White

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  2. 2MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was written by DuBose Heyward

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was written by DuBose Heyward

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  3. 3MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was written by George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was written by George Gershwin

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  4. 4MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was written by Ira Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was written by Ira Gershwin

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  5. 5MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" is part of the release Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" is part of the release Porgy and Bess

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  6. 6MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was recorded at TempleLive Cleveland Masonic

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  7. 7MusicBrainz Decca Records is the label of the song Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you"

    Decca Records is the label of the song Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you"

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  8. 8MusicBrainz Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was released on 1976

    Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. "They pass by singin'" - "Here comes Big Boy!" - "Don't you ever let a woman grieve you" was released on 1976

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