Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.15Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way2:58Ella Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongPorgy & BessElla Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongAlbum
  • JP2011-06-22
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)UCCU-6141
2.11Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way2:57Ella FitzgeraldSix Classic Albums, Volume 2Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2013-10-18
Real Gone JazzRGJCD413
1.15Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way2:58Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongPorgy & BessElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum
  • GB2018-08-10
Verve Reissues
1.15Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way2:58Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongPorgy & Bess (remastered)Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum
  • XW2020-02-26
RevOla Records
(unknown)
1.15Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way!2:58Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongPorgy & BessElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum

Relationships

drums (drum set):Alvin Stoller (in 1957)
piano:Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (in 1957)
vocals:Louis Armstrong (in 1957)
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) (in 1957)
recording of:Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way” (in 1957: cover)

Related works

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way”

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 7)
Suite from Porgy and Bess (order: 9)
part of:Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III (order: 7)
is the basis for:Porgy and Bess Suite: “I’m on my way” (for brass; arr. Alan Fernie)