Bess You Is My Woman

~ Recording by Pearl Bailey

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Bess You Is My Woman3:00Pearl BaileyPearl Bailey Sings Porgy & Bess and Other Gershwin MelodiesPearl BaileyAlbum
Collectors’ Choice MusicCCM-2042

Relationships

recording of:Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances)

Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Porgy and Bess; use this for non-operatic performances)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Gershwin Publishing Corp
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 4)
later translated versions:Bess du bist ob jetz mei Frau
is based on:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, you is my woman now”