I Loves You, Porgy
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"I Loves You, Porgy" is a duet from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was performed in the opera's premiere in 1935 and on Broadway the same ye
Gershwin in 1937
Leontyne Price as Bess (1953)
Kevin Short as Porgy (2018)
Nina Simone
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Nina Simone was an American composer, concert pianist, singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Simone's bearing and stage presence earned her the title the High Priestess of Soul. Her music spa
I Loves You, Porgy
…here", and Porgy promising that he will protect her. Bess has a lover, Crown, who is abusive and continually seduces her. The song was popularized by Nina Simone's adaptation from her 1959 debut album, Little Girl Blue. The scene opens with Bess awakening from her fever contracted on Kittiwah Island. Porgy tells…
Simone in 1969
Simone at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam, Netherlands in March 1969
Simone at a concert in Morlaix, France, May 1982
Hotel Belvoir, Nijmegen, Netherlands; Simone's apartment between 1988 and 1991 was next to this building.