It Ain't Necessarily So

Name: It Ain't Necessarily So
Duration: 3 min 17 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.13	It Ain't Necessarily So	3:19	The Gents	George Gershwin	The Gents	Album	XW2012-10-08	Channel Classics	33312
1.9	It Ain't Necessarily So	3:17	George Gershwin	Super Artists in Super Audio, Vol. 9	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW-	Channel Classics	SEL6717

recording engineer and producer:	C. Jared Sacks (classical producer/engineer)
choir vocals:	The Gents (Dutch vocal ensemble) (from 2011-11-18 until 2011-11-20)
conductor:	Béni Csillag (Hungarian conductor) (from 2011-11-18 until 2011-11-20)
arranger:	Erik-Jan de With (saxophonist)

recorded at:	Sankt-Martini-Kirche (Gröningen) in Gröningen, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt), Germany (from 2011-11-18 until 2011-11-20)

recording of:	It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (from 2011-11-18 until 2011-11-20: cover)

lyricist:	Ira Gershwin Dorothy Heyward (playwright) DuBose Heyward
composer:	George Gershwin (composer)

publisher:	Chappell Music (ASCAP) Gershwin Publishing Corp Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) 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)

referred to in medleys:	It Ain’t Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 5) Suite from Porgy and Bess (order: 6)
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” (Sportin’ Life)
is the basis for:	Etude on "It Ain't Necessarily So" Vals