Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess (Volume 1) by various artists

Release date: 1940
Label: Decca
Catalog number: A 145
Format: 78rpm
Comments: This album was the first to record selections from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess as sung by members of the original Broadway cast from 1935.
The second album was released in 1943 Selections from George Gershwin's Folk Opera Porgy and Bess (Volume 2).
Decca Records released this first volume on 4 ten-inch 78 rpm vinyl records assigned the catalog numbers 29067, 29068, 29069 and 29070.

Tracks

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'	Todd Duncan	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Originally by Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL, Todd Duncan PRF
It Ain't Necessarily So	Todd Duncan	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Originally by John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
My Man's Gone Now	Anne Brown	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Originally by Helen Jepson REL, Ruby Elzy PRF, Ruby Elzy under the direction of George Gershwin REC
Overture and Summertime	Anne Brown	DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Originally by Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC