DuBose Heyward

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Personal name: Edwin DuBose Heyward
Born: August 31, 1885
Died: June 16, 1940
Country: United States
IPI: 00014064426 20 works
Affiliation: ASCAP, PRS
Comments: Poet and novelist. His novel, "Porgy", was adapted into "Porgy and Bess".
Family: Dorothy Heyward Wife

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Songs written by DuBose Heyward

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
A Red-Headed Woman	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward	Warren Coleman, Abbie Mitchell, Anne Brown	September 30, 1935
A Woman Is a Sometime Thing	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Edward Matthews PRF, Edward Matthews under the direction of George Gershwin REC	September 30, 1935	Covered by (37 artists)
Bess, You Is My Woman Now	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF, Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Lawrence Tibbett & Helen Jepson REL	September 30, 1935	Covered by (167 artists)
Clara, Clara, Don't You Be Downhearted	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	The Pat Moran Quartet	1956	Unverified
Gone, Gone, Gone	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	The Eva Jessye Choir	September 30, 1935	Covered by (20 artists)
Here Come de Honey Man	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Gus Simons	September 30, 1935	Covered by (18 artists)
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Todd Duncan PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL	September 30, 1935	Covered by (127 artists)
I Loves You, Porgy	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Anne Wiggins Brown & Todd Duncan PRF,REC,REL	September 30, 1935	Covered by (332 artists)
It Ain't Necessarily So	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward	John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL	September 30, 1935	Covered by (343 artists)
My Man's Gone Now	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward	Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Helen Jepson REL	September 30, 1935	Covered by (205 artists)
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Todd Duncan, Ruby Elzy & Georgette Harvey PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL	September 30, 1935	Covered by (42 artists)
Oh, Doctor Jesus	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward	Ruby Elzy	September 30, 1935	Covered by (2 artists)
Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Todd Duncan	September 30, 1935	Covered by (21 artists)
Summertime	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC, Helen Jepson REL	September 30, 1935	Covered by (2417 artists)
The Buzzard Song	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward	Lawrence Tibbett	October 23, 1935	Covered by Miles Davis with Orchestra under the direction of Gil Evans
There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	John W. Bubbles		Covered by (97 artists)
What You Want wid Bess?	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward	Warren Coleman & Anne Wiggins Brown	September 30, 1935	Covered by Phillip Boykin