"I Loves You, Porgy" is a duet from the opera Porgy and Bess with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. It was published in 1935.

"I Loves You, Porgy" has been recorded as a solo number by a number of popular vocalists and jazz musicians, most notably Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and Bill Evans. Nina Simone's recording of the song (from Little Girl Blue, 1958) was a Top 20 pop hit in the United States in the autumn of 1959. A live version is featured in her 1964 album Nina Simone In Concert. Bill Evans's piano trio version recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961, available on the CD re-issue of the album Waltz for Debby, is also acclaimed.

Barbra Streisand recorded "I Loves You, Porgy" as a medley with "I's Your Woman Now" on her "The Broadway Album" Columbia Records, 1985. Whitney Houston sang "I Loves You Porgy" as the beginning of a medley at the 1994 American Music Awards .

Christina Aguilera covered the song at the Grammy Nomination Concert in December 2008.

Recorded versions

It has been performed by many artists, including:

* Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin (2010)
* Bill Evans
* Dionne Warwick
* Ella Fitzgerald
* Billie Holiday
* Keith Jarrett
* Nina Simone
* Miles Davis
* Sun Ra
* Barbara Streisand
* Whitney Houston
* Christina Aguilera
* Ryo Kawasaki
* David Benoit from his 2006 album "Standards"
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