Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess?

~ Recording by Oscar Peterson

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57The Oscar Peterson TrioOscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
  • 1993-10-19 US
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
4.8Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess4:57Oscar PetersonEight Classic Albums
  • 2010-09-12 XE
1.15Bess, Oh Were’s My Bess?4:55The Oscar Peterson TrioWest Side Story / Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
  • 2012-11-23 DE
1.8Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:56Oscar PetersonOscar Peterson Plays Porgy and Bess
(unknown)
1.14Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?4:57Oscar PetersonThe Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson / Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess

Relationships

recorded in:Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-10-12)
producer:Norman Granz
double bass:Ray Brown (on 1959-10-12)
drums (drum set):Ed Thigpen (on 1959-10-12)
piano:Oscar Peterson (on 1959-10-12)
recording of:Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess” (cover, instrumental)

Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III. “Oh Bess, oh where’s my Bess”

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (from 1934 until 1935)
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 6)
later translated versions:Песня Порги
later versions:Bess, oh where’s my Bess
part of:Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene III (order: 5)