Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’”

~ Aria

Relationships

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
Wikidata:Q1655159 [info]
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess (Suite): A Woman Is a Sometime Thing / I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
part of:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I (order: 2)
is the basis for:I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess, catch-all for jazz & pop arrangements)
Porgy and Bess Suite: “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’” (for brass; arr. Alan Fernie)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1935-10-14Porgy and Bess: Act II. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’Lawrence Tibbett, Alexander Smallens3:09
1940-05-15Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’Todd Duncan, Eva Jessye Choir, Decca Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Smallens2:41
1952-09-21Porgy & Bess: Act One, Scene III. Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’ (live, 1952-09-21: Titania Palast, Berlin, Germany)liveWilliam Warfield, Cab Calloway, Helen Thigpen, Georgia Burke, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS‐Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens2:36
1963-05-13 – 1963-05-17Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’RCA Victor Orchestra, Skitch Henderson2:52
1998Porgy and Bess, Act II: I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel2:41
2012-03Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty of NothingNorm Lewis & Company2:44
2020-03Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'Angel Blue, Alexandria Crichlow, Lester Lynch, Morgan State University Choir, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Marin Alsop3:09
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin (“Porgy and Bess”)Lawrence Tibbett?:??
I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'instrumentalLondon Promenade Orchestra1:21
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta2:46
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'Diahann Carroll & The André Previn Trio2:53
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’William Warfield2:54
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’Mel Tormé3:13
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’Todd Duncan?:??
I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin’ (Porgy)Simon Estes, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Leonard Slatkin2:40
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (reprise)partialMel Tormé0:37
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' [Porgy & Bess]George Gershwin3:02
I Got Plenty O’Nuttin’Urylee Leonardos, Valentine Pringle2:46
I Got Plenty O’Nuttin’Todd Duncan & Chorus2:40
I Got Plenty Of Nuttin'Willard White2:33
Porgija dziesma no operas Porgijs un BesaEgils Siliņš2:45
Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 1: I Got Plenty o' Nuttin' (1976 Houston Grand Opera cast)George Gershwin2:47
Porgy and Bess: "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" (Porgy, Chorus)Valentine Pringle, Lehman Engel2:44
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. "Oh, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (Ending)The Glyndebourne Chorus, Willard White, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle2:52
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene 1. "Oh, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'" (Ending)partialThe Glyndebourne Chorus, Willard White, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle2:52
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. "Mus' be you mens forgot about de picnic" - "Oh, I got plenty o' nuttin'" (Annie, Jake, Clara, Porgy, Chorus, Serena, Maria)Craig Rutenberg, Harolyn Blackwell, Cynthia Clarey, Glyndebourne Chorus, Bruce Hubbard, Paula Ingram, Marietta Simpson, Willard White, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle3:26
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’ nuttin’” (Porgy)George Gershwin2:38
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’” – “Lissen there, what I tells you”Willard White, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel3:42
Porgy and Bess: I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’liveBryn Terfel2:21
Porgy and Bess: Oh, I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'Jüri Pärg, Heiki Mätlik, Tiit Juurikas2:36
Porgy and Bess. Act II: I Got Plenty of Nothing'Bulgarian State Radio Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov3:13
Suite de "Porgy and Bess" - I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'instrumentalNew Symphony Orchestra of London, René Leibowitz1:29