"It Ain't Necessarily So": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video

"It Ain't Necessarily So"

For a complete listing of songs used in the original Broadway production of Porgy and Bess, see IBDB song list.

A chronology of links to articles regarding the debate over the 2011 production titled The Gerhwins' Porgy and Bess can be found on the Cafe Songbook page for George Gershwin.

Notes

Other songs written for Porgy and Bess currently included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook :
1. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
2. I Got Plenty O' Nuthin'
3. I Loves You, Porgy
4. My Man's Gone Now

Questions

What is It Ain't Necessarily So?

For a complete listing of songs used in the original Broadway production of Porgy and Bess , see IBDB song list .

How should It Ain't Necessarily So be cited?

Cite this page as ""It Ain't Necessarily So": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video," Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/it_aint_necessarily_so.html

Which Cafe Songbook pages are related?

Also read George Gershwin (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songwriters/g_sws/gershwin_george.html); "It All Depends on You" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/it_all_depends_on_you.html); "Isn't This a Lovely Day (to be caught in the rain?)" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/isnt_this_a_lovely_day_m.html); "It Amazes Me" (https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/it_amazes_me.html).

Cite this page: "It Ain't Necessarily So": Song History, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video, Cafe Songbook, https://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/i/it_aint_necessarily_so.html