It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)

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lyricist:Ira Gershwin
Dorothy Heyward (playwright)
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:Chappell Music (ASCAP)
Gershwin Publishing Corp
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-moody-blues-it-aint-necessarily-so-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/4694 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0032298492 [info]
Wikidata:Q2920365 [info]
referred to in medleys:It Ain’t Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary
Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 5)
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)
version of:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
is the basis for:Etude on "It Ain't Necessarily So"
Vals

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1935-11-13It Ain’t Necessarily So (matrix B18266-1)Leo Reisman and His Orchestra2:53
1938-12-10It Ain't Necessarily SoMaxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra3:34
1938It Ain’t Necessarily So (Mat. BS 030384-1 - Victor 26132. NYC, 10/12/1938)Maxine Sullivan & Orchestra3:32
1943-02-24It Ain’t Necessarily So (From “Porgy and Bess”)Dinah Shore & Bing Crosby, with orchestra3:28
1944-09-20It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalJohnny Mercer2:49
1945-10-26Gershwin Medley: The Man I Love / Summertime / I've Got Plenty of Nuttin' / It Ain't Necessarily Soinstrumental, live and medleyArt Tatum4:25
1945-12-20It Ain’t Necessarily SoStan Kenton3:38
1946-04-10Porgy & Bess Medley: Summertime/It Ain’t Necessarily So/ Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?cover and medleyFrank Sinatra5:07
1947-11-08It Ain't Necessarily SoPaul Robeson2:35
1950-07Gershwin Medleyinstrumental, live and medleyArt Tatum4:03
1951Gershwin Medleyinstrumental, live and medleyArt Tatum4:20
1952It Ain’t Necessarily SoinstrumentalThe Oscar Peterson Trio3:14
1954-09-11It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalCal Tjader2:06
1954It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalBernard Zacharias et ses solistes4:34
1955-05-23It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalAhmad Jamal3:03
1956-04It Ain’t Necessarily SocoverPeggy Lee3:26
1956-05It Ain’t Necessarily SocoverBeverly Kenney with Ralph Burns Orchestra1:35
1957-01-03It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalVictor Feldman?:??
1957-08-18Porgy & Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily SoElla Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong6:35
1958-01-15 – 1958-01-20It Ain't Necessarily SoJohn T. Williams Orchestra feat. Johnny Desmond2:22
1958-02-09It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalThe Ramsey Lewis Trio2:48
1958-07-22 – 1958-08-18It Ain’t Necessarily Socover and instrumentalMiles Davis4:25
1958It Ain't Necessarily SoMundell Lowe and His All Stars3:09
1959-01-13 – 1959-01-15It Ain't Necessarily SoThe Bill Potts Big Band3:16
1959-01-13 – 1959-01-15It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalPercy Faith3:11
1959-01-27It Ain’t Necessarily Socover and instrumentalEvans Bradshaw5:01
1959-04-22It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalThe Ramsey Lewis Trio4:34
1959-07-14 – 1959-08-09It Ain’t Necessarily SoinstrumentalOscar Peterson2:49
1959It Ain’t Necessarily SocoverLena Horne3:06
1960-02-06 – 1960-02-10It Ain't Necessarily Socover and instrumentalArt Farmer & Benny Golson4:29
1960-02It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalThe Jazztet4:29
1960-02It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalThe Jazztet4:28
1960-02It Ain’t Necessarily SoinstrumentalThe Jazztet4:30
1960-12-19It Ain’t Necessarily SocoverAretha Franklin3:07
1960-12-19It Ain’t Necessarily SocoverAretha Franklin with The Ray Bryant Combo2:54
1961-03-14Bess You Is My Woman / It Ain't Necessarily Soinstrumental and medleyJaki Byard9:53
1961-08-11It Ain't Necessarily SoCal Tjader, Mary Stallings2:28
1962-01-13It Ain’t Necessarily SoGrant Green10:23
1963-06-05It Ain't Necessarily So (mono)cover and live“Brother” Jack McDuff6:05
1963-11-29It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalFreddie Roach5:02
1964-05-09It Ain't Necessarily Socover, instrumental and liveEje Thelin Quintet8:17
1965-04-26It Ain't Necessarily So (mono)coverThe Modern Jazz Quartet6:23
1965-04-26It Ain't Necessarily So (stereo)instrumentalThe Modern Jazz Quartet6:22
1970-12-01It Ain't Necessarily SocoverNannie Porres med Claes-Göran Fagerstedts Trio3:50
1974-11It Ain't Necessarily So / Bess, You Is My Woman / Lizainstrumental, live and medleyTeddy Wilson4:11
1976-04-09It Ain't Necessarily So / Bess, You Is My Woman Now / Summertimeinstrumental, live and medleyTeddy Wilson4:30
1976-06-28It Ain't Necessarily Socover and instrumentalGeorge Mraz in Duet With Roland Hanna4:38
1977-05-08It Ain't Necessarily Soinstrumental and liveMary Lou Williams4:51
1978-10Porgy and Bess Medleyinstrumental and medleyEddie Higgins17:45
1981-11-23It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalJoe Pass5:49
1982-02-01 – 1982-02-02Overture: Porgy and Bess. Medley: Summertime / It Ain’t Necessarily So / I Loves You, Porgylive and medleySarah Vaughan, George Gaffney, Harold Jones, Andy Simpkins, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas7:32
1982-02It Ain’t Necessarily SocoverWalt Dickerson - Sirone - Andrew Cyrille18:06
1983-05-30It Ain't Necessarily So / Bess, You Is My Woman Now / Summertimeinstrumental, live and medleyTeddy Wilson5:26
1983-05-30 –Gershwin Medley: It Ain't Necessarily So / Bess You Is My Woman / Summertimeinstrumental, live and medleyTeddy Wilson5:40
1984-11-29It Ain’t Necessarily So (live, 1984-11-29: Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK)cover and liveBronski Beat3:08
1987-03-02 – 1987-03-06Porgy and Bess (Suite): It Ain’t Necessarily SoinstrumentalThe Canadian Brass4:56
1988-12It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy & Bess)Colm Wilkinson3:30
1991-08-21 – 1991-08-28It Ain't Necessarily SocoverIndigo3:46
1992-06It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalGeorges Rabol, Jazzogène Orchestra, Jean-Luc Fillon2:34
1995-05It Ain't Necessarily SocoverDallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton3:51
1996-12 – 1997-12Porgy and Bessinstrumental, medley and partialUniversity of Michigan Marching Band2:12
1997-01It Ain't Necessarily SoWesla Whitfield2:43
1997-05-13 – 1997-05-15Ain't Necessarily SocoverAndy Bey7:00
1997-05It Ain't Necessarily SoJoe Henderson6:27
1998-12-20It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalConrad Herwig8:44
1998It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalBennie Wallace12:21
1999-11-06It Ain't Necessarily Socover and liveBennie Wallace14:17
1999-12-20 – 1999-12-22It Ain't Necessarily SocoverOrchestra Jazz della Sardegna, Paolo Fresu featuring David Linx?:??
2000-08It Ain't Necessarily SocoverMagni Wentzel Sextet6:18
2000-12-15 – 2000-12-17It Ain't Necessarily Soinstrumental and liveRay Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride6:37
2002-06-10 – 2002-06-11It Ain't Necessarily SoAnnie Sellick feat. Joey DeFrancesco5:55
2003-03It Ain't Necessarily Socover and instrumentalPeter Lehel Quartet5:09
2011-03-11Porgy & Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So / I Loves You, Porgy / My Man’s Gone Now / Summertime (live, 2011-03-11: Theater National, Bern, CH)cover, instrumental, live and medleyWolfgang Dauner8:37
2011-09 – 2011-11It Ain’t Necessarily SocoverLyambiko3:40
2011-11-18 – 2011-11-20It Ain't Necessarily SocoverThe Gents, Béni Csillag3:17
2013-06-01It Ain’t Necessarily SoTom Poster, Elena Urioste2:32
2023-03-19It Ain’t Necessarily So (for piano, guitar and double bass)instrumentalThe Ghost, The King & I8:43
“Porgy and Bess” Medleycover, live and medleyMel Tormé8:15
Ain't Necessarily SoCarol Kidd3:28
Ain’t NecessarilyinstrumentalJeff Lass1:13
Ain’t Necessarily SocoverBronski Beat?:??
Ain’t Necessarily SocoverBronski Beat4:43
Ain’t Necessarily So (single version)coverBronski Beat4:09
Gershwin Medleyinstrumental and medleyArt Tatum4:30
I waas ned obs wiaklich so woa - It Ain't Necessarily Socover and medleyTini Kainrath - Willi Resetarits - StringFizz2:43
It Ain't Necassarily SocoverAretha Franklin2:55
It Ain't Neccesarily SoSidney Poitier3:07
It Ain't Neccessarily SocoverPeggy Lee3:27
It Ain't Necessarily SocoverPeggy Lee3:23
It Ain't Necessarily SoMarcus Roberts6:03
It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalErroll Garner3:31
It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalOscar Peterson3:18
It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalEddie Henderson Quintet8:37
It Ain't Necessarily SoSusannah McCorkle4:53
It Ain't Necessarily SoFraser Gartshore4:57
It Ain't Necessarily Soinstrumental101 Strings Orchestra4:57
It Ain't Necessarily SoinstrumentalLindsay Deutsch, Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra, Boris Brott3:04
It Ain't Necessarily SoThe Oscar Peterson Trio3:11
It Ain't Necessarily SoOscar Peterson3:16
It Ain't Necessarily SoliveThe Oscar Peterson Trio4:21
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