It Ain't Necessarily So
~ Recording by Oscar Peterson
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.14 | It Ain't Necessarily So | 3:12 | Oscar Peterson | The Chronological Classics: Oscar Peterson 1952, Volume 2 | Oscar Peterson | Album + Compilation |
| Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series) | 1399 |
Relationships
| piano: | Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1952-11-12) |
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| recording of: | It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) |
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Related works
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin Dorothy Heyward (playwright) DuBose Heyward |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (composer) |
| publisher: | Chappell Music (ASCAP) Gershwin Publishing Corp Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) |
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| was commissioned by: | Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935) |
| referred to in medleys: | It Ain’t Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 5) |
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| later translated versions: | C’n’est pas nécessairement ça I waas ned obs wiaklich so woa |
| later versions: | It Ain’t Necessarily So (from ‘Porgy and Bess’) (arrangement for 48 violas) |
| is based on: | Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” |
| is the basis for: | Etude on "It Ain't Necessarily So" Vals |