I Loves You, Porgy (live)

~ Recording by Nina Simone

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:34Nina SimoneNina Simone in ConcertNina SimoneAlbum + Live
PhilipsPHS 600-135
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:34Nina SimoneNina Simone in ConcertNina SimoneAlbum + Live
Fontana858 070 FPY
1.1I Loves You Porgy (From "Porgy & Bess")2:34Nina SimoneThe Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
PhilipsPHS 600-298
1.15I Loves You, Porgy2:31Nina SimoneDon’t Let Me Be MisunderstoodNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1988-02-23
1.6I Love You Porgy2:33Nina SimoneI Put a Spell on YouNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Cédé InternationalCD 66067
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneThe 60's, Volume 1: Ne me quitte pasNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)838 543-2
1.1I Loves You Porgy2:32Nina SimoneIn Concert / I Put a Spell on YouNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)846 543-2
1.12I Love You, Porgy2:34Nina Simone'S Wonderful: The Gershwin SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-09-22
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145139282
1.12I Love You, Porgy2:34Nina Simone'S Wonderful: The Gershwin SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1993-02-02
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145139282
2.2I Loves You Porgy2:33Nina SimonePlayboy’s 40th Anniversary: Four Decades of Jazz 1953-1993Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-23
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314-521007-2
1.6I Loves You Porgy2:33Nina SimoneVerve Jazz Masters 17Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-04-19
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 518 198-2
1.19I Loves You Porgy2:30Nina SimoneFeeling Good: The Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-07-11
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)522 669-2
1.19I Loves You Porgy2:30Nina SimoneFeeling Good: The Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)5226692
1.10I Loves You Porgy2:30Nina SimoneFeeling Good: The Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)522 747-2
4.15I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneThe Mercury SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1995-03-22
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)76974 2038 2
1.12I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneAfter HoursNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
The Verve Group, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)526 702-2
1.12I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneAfter HoursNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 526 702-2
1.10I Loves You Porgy (live version)2:33Nina SimoneGreat Ladies of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint)314 520 312-2
1.12I Loves You Porgy2:31Nina SimoneUltimate Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)539 050-2
1.7I Loves You, Porgy2:31Nina SimoneUltimate JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-02-24
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
2.12I Loves You, Porgy2:30Nina SimoneUltimate DivasElla Fitzgerald / Nina Simone / Billie HolidayAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998-10-20
PolyGram557595
1.3I Loves You Porgy2:26Nina SimoneJazz of the MillenniumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-11-15
1.10I Loves You Porgy2:30Nina SimoneFeeling Good: The Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
2.7I Loves You Porgy (live version)2:34Nina SimoneGreat Ladies and Gents of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)POLBS1, POLCD16, POLCD18
2.7I Loves You Porgy (live version)2:34Nina SimoneGreat Ladies and Gents of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Avalon (Somerset Entertainment), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)POLCD16, POLCD18
1.1I Loves You Porgy2:34Nina SimoneThe Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram)822 846-2
1.10I Loves You, Porgy2:33Nina SimoneNina Simone's Finest HourNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-06-13
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)314 543 604-2
1.15I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneThe Mercury Songbook (disc 4: Just One of Those “live” Things)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-10-29
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
4.15I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneThe Mercury SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
2.5I Loves You Porgy2:32Nina SimoneWomen in BlueVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • IT2003-04-30
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)980 100-6
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:34Nina SimoneFour Women: The Nina Simone Philips RecordingsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-05-20
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)440065021-2
1.3I Loves You Porgy2:31Nina SimoneThe Diva SeriesNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-05-20
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
2.3I Loves You Porgy2:29Nina SimoneGoldNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-06-09
UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”)980 808-7
1.2I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneThe Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2003-12-02
Universal International (Japanese label; release must say “制作:Universal International” AND have no logos other than “Universal Music”)2804
2.3I Loves You Porgy2:29Nina SimoneGoldNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
UCJ (UK label of “Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd.”)0602498618745
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneGoldNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)602498325322
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:33Nina SimoneNina Simone for LoversNina SimoneAlbum
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)0602498636183
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:34Nina SimoneNina Simone in ConcertNina SimoneAlbum + Live
  • US2006-02-14
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)0602498886977
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:34Nina SimoneNina Simone in ConcertNina SimoneAlbum + Live
  • GB2006-02-27
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels), Philips0602498886977, PHS 600-135
1.1I Loves You Porgy2:29Nina Simone20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-06-12
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
2.5I Loves You Porgy (live)2:31Nina SimoneJazz Divas: GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-10-09
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B0009747-02
1.3I Loves You Porgy2:31Nina SimoneDivaNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
1.1I Loves You Porgy (1964/Live In New York (Stereo))2:32Nina SimoneGoldNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)0249848089
1.1I Loves You Porgy2:32Nina SimoneColour CollectionNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2008-03-25
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)0602498483756
1.1I Loves You Porgy (live)2:32Nina SimoneClassic Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)5315046
1.12I Loves You, Porgy2:33Nina SimoneGeorge Gershwin SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2010
Jazz Club (Verve's bargain cds line)
1.1I Loves You Porgy (ao vivo)2:31Nina SimoneColeção Folha grandes vozes, Volume 6: Nina SimoneNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • BR2012-09-02
Folha de S. PauloISBN 978-85-7949-078-1
1.12I Loves You, Porgy2:30Nina SimoneThe Very Best of George GershwinGeorge GershwinAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2014-05-14
Decca Classics (“DECCA” in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block; until 1999, for use outside of North America only)UCCD-5547
1.10I Loves You, Porgy2:33Nina SimoneNina Simone’s Finest HourNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:34Nina SimoneThe Philips YearsNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-07-15
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)5368511
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneWhat Happened, Miss Simone? (NTSC)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Eagle VisionEV307689
2.4I Loves You Porgy2:32Nina SimoneFeeling Good (Her Greatest Hits & Remixes)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2022-02-11
Decca Records, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)00602438826889
2.4I Loves You Porgy2:32Nina SimoneFeeling Good: Her Greatest Hits and RemixesNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • US2022-02-11
Decca Records, UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)B0034595-02
1.17I Loves You Porgy (live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964)2:31Nina SimoneFeeling Good: Her Greatest Hits and RemixesNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2022-02-11
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.1I Loves You Porgy (live)2:32Nina SimoneClassic Nina Simone (Sony DADC pressing)Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)0602498093696
1.12I Loves You, Porgy2:30Nina SimoneGeorge Gershwin: The Ultimate CollectionGeorge GershwinAlbum + Compilation
Decca Records
1.1I Loves You Porgy (1964/Live In New York (Stereo))2:32Nina SimoneGoldNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneIn Concert / I Put a Spell on YouNina SimoneAlbum + CompilationMercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)846 543-2
3.3I Loves You Porgy2:33Nina SimoneThe Great Ladies of JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.3I Loves You, Porgy2:32Nina SimoneThe Great Ladies Sing GershwinVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.12I Loves You, Porgy2:30George GershwinThe Very Best of GershwinGeorge GershwinAlbum + Compilation
1.7I Loves You, Porgy2:31Nina SimoneUltimate JazzVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1I Loves You, Porgy2:33Nina SimoneWhat Happened, Miss Simone?Nina SimoneAlbum + Compilation + SoundtrackEagle VisionEAGDV064
(unknown)
1.10I Loves You Porgy2:30Nina SimoneForever NinaNina SimoneAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)522 747-2

Relationships

bass, bass guitar and percussion:Lisle Atkinson
double bass:Lisle Atkinson (on 1964-03-21)
drums (drum set):Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (on 1964-03-21)
flute:Rudy Stevenson
guitar:Rudy Stevenson (on 1964-03-21)
harmonica:Al Schackman
piano and lead vocals:Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist) (on 1964-03-21)
vocals:Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
arranger:Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
recorded at:Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1964-03-21)
recording of:I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1964-03-21: cover, live)

I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:Chappell & Co.
New Dawn Music
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV
Warner/Chappell North America
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 3)
later translated versions:Kumm hoit mi Porgy
version of:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”