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lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (from 1934 until 1935)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/22984 [info]
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 7)
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)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1940-05-15Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Finale (I’m on My Way)Todd Duncan & Eva Jessye Choir1:21
1940-05-15Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene 3. Porgy’s Lament and FinaleTodd Duncan, Eva Jessye Choir, Decca Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Smallens?:??
1940-05-15Porgy’s Lament & FinaleTodd Duncan, Company3:25
1952-09-21Porgy & Bess: Act Three, Scene III. Oh Lord, I’m on my way (live, 1952-09-21: Titania Palast, Berlin, Germany)liveWilliam Warfield, Choir of the Blevins Davis & Robert Breen production, RIAS‐Unterhaltungsorchester, Alexander Smallens2:52
1957-08-18 – 1957-10-14Porgy & Bess: Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way!Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong2:57
1957Oh Lawd, I’m on My WaycoverElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong2:58
1959-01-13 – 1959-01-15Oh Lawd, I'm On My WayThe Bill Potts Big Band3:22
1959-01-13 – 1959-01-15Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!instrumentalPercy Faith1:20
1963-05-13 – 1963-05-17Porgy and Bess: Oh Lawd, I’m on My WayRCA Victor Orchestra, Skitch Henderson1:25
1987-03-02 – 1987-03-06Porgy and Bess (Suite): Oh, Lawd, I’m on My WayinstrumentalThe Canadian Brass3:16
1989-06Porgy and Bess, Suite: a. Prelude / b. “Summertime” / c. “I got plenty o' nuttin'” / d. “Bess, you is my woman now” / e. “I can't sit down” / f. “It ain't necessarily so” / g. “I loves you, Porgy” / h. “There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York” / i. “O Lawd, I'm on my way”medleyBoston Pops Orchestra, John Williams17:01
1995-05Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way!coverDallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton1:55
1998Porgy and Bess, Act III: Oh, Lawd, I’m On My WayCincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel1:49
2011-11-18 – 2011-11-20O Lawd, I'm on My WaycoverThe Gents, Béni Csillag3:57
2012-03Porgy and Bess: Oh Lord, I'm On My WayNorm Lewis & Company2:38
2020-03Porgy and Bess: Oh Lawd, I'm on My WayLester Lynch, Morgan State University Choir, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Marin Alsop1:44
O Lawd, I’m on My WayValentine Pringle1:44
O, Lawd I'm On My WayGeorge Gershwin1:46
Oh Lawd, I'm on My WayBarbara Hendricks2:00
Oh Lawd, I’m on My WaycoverElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong2:57
Oh Lawd, I’m on My WayMel Tormé, Loulie Jean Norman, The Pat Moran Quartet1:57
Oh Lawd, I’m on My WaycoverSammy Davis Jr. / Carmen McRae?:??
Oh Lawd, I’m on My WaycoverElla Fitzgerald2:58
Oh Lord I’m on My WayGeorgia Brown2:39
Oh, Lawd, I’m on My WayCarmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr.2:44
Oh, Lawd, I’m on My WayDonnie Ray Albert?:??
Oh, Lawd, I’m on My Way!coverElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong2:58
Oh, Lawd, I’m on My Way!cover and instrumentalOscar Peterson2:36
Porgy & Bess: Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way!coverElla Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong2:57
Porgy and Bess, Act III, Scene 3: Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way (1976 Houston Grand Opera cast)George Gershwin1:37
Porgy and Bess: "Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way" (Porgy, Chorus)Valentine Pringle, Lehman Engel1:40
Porgy and Bess: Act III 'Bess is gone ... Oh Lawd, I'm on my way' (conclusion)partialGeorge Gershwin3:29
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way"The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel1:36
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. "Oh Lawd, I'm on my way" (Porgy, Chorus)George Gershwin1:21
Porgy and Bess: Act III: Finale (I'm On My Way)instrumentalHR Brass3:30
Porgy and Bess: Act III. Oh Lawd, I'm on my wayGlyndebourne Chorus, Willard White, The London Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle1:34
Porgy and Bess. Act III: Oh Lawd, I'm on My WayBulgarian State Radio Orchestra, Alexander Vladigerov1:27
Suite de "Porgy and Bess" - I'm On My WayinstrumentalNew Symphony Orchestra of London, René Leibowitz1:19
Tell Me Quick Where’s Bess (Porgy, Maria, Serena) / Oh Lawd, I’m on My Way (Porgy)Roberta Alexander, Diane Curry, Simon Estes, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Leonard Slatkin6:19