Porgy and Bess (1959)

Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.

The movie Porgy and Bess, released in 1959, features 24 songs from artists like workers and Sung by Chorus. What is your favorite song from Porgy and Bess?

Songs from Porgy and Bess

Summertime

A Woman Is a Sometime Thing

Here Come de Honey Man

They Pass By Singin'

The Crap Game

Gone, Gone, Gone

My Man's Gone Now

I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'

Bess, You Is My Woman Now

Oh, I Can't Sit Down

I Ain't Got No Shame

It Ain't Necessarily So

What You Want With Bess?

O Doctor Jesus

Street Vendors' Cries

I Loves You Porgy

God and Me

A Red Headed Woman

Clara, Clara

Summertime (reprise)

There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York

Morning Sounds

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O Bess, O Where's My Bess

Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way