medjuck Posted January 29, 2008 Report Posted January 29, 2008 Just listening to Abbey Lincoln sing "Porgy" by Fields & McHugh. Anyone know its provenance? Obviously it's not from Gershwin's opera but is it based on the source material? Or was Porgy a common name? (BTW It's published by "Cotton Club Publishing" so I guess it was written when they were doing the songs for the Cotton Club reviews.) Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 Don't know, am curious and am sure the publication date might be of help. Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 "Porgy" was written by Fields & McHugh for the revue "Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1928," which of course featured African-American performers -- notably Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Elizabeth Welch, and Mantan Moreland. In addition to "Porgy," addressed by a woman to the by then familiar main character in the popular Dubose Hayward novel (pub. 1924), the score includes "Diga Diga Doo," "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", and "I Must Have That Man," all by Fields & McHugh. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted January 30, 2008 Report Posted January 30, 2008 Thanks Larry. I should have remembered all that. Quote
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