Song

It Ain’t Necessarily So

It Ain't Necessarily So · It Ain't Necessarily So (from "Porgy and Bess") · It Ain't Necessarily So (vocal)

First released 1936English120+ recordingson 727 releasesISWC T-070.907.010-9, T-915.829.831-8

jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements

Written by

George GershwinComposer Ira GershwinLyricist DuBose HeywardLyricist Dorothy HeywardLyricist

Recordings

Performance	By
Lorelei / It Ain't Necessarily So / Sam and Delilah	Julie Wilson with William Roy	5:17
It Ain't Necessarily So	Susannah McCorkle	4:53
It Ain't Necessarily So	Wesla Whitfield	2:43
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Cher & Larry Adler	4:12
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Herbie Hancock	4:47
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Peggy Lee	3:26
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	6:34
It Ain't Necessarily So	Howard Morgen	2:55
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Louis Armstrong	6:33
It Ain't Necessarily So	Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride	6:37
It Ain't Necessarily So	Marcus Roberts	6:03
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass	3:33
Ain’t Necessarily So	Bronski Beat	4:43
It Ain't Necessarily So	Bennie Wallace	12:21
It Ain't Necessarily So	Teri Thornton	3:17
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Bobby Darin	3:27
It Ain't Necessarily So	Paul Robeson	2:35
Porgy & Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong	6:35
Porgy & Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong	6:35
It Ain't Necessarily So	Erroll Garner	3:31
Ain’t Necessarily So	Bronski Beat	4:09
It Ain't Necessarily So	Paul Robeson	2:32
It Ain’t Necessarily So	The Oscar Peterson Trio	3:15
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Aretha Franklin	3:08
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Sammy Davis Jr.	3:56
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Grant Green	10:23
Porgy and Bess (Suite): It Ain’t Necessarily So	The Canadian Brass	4:56
It Ain't Necessarily So	Paul Robeson	2:32
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Jamie Cullum	4:32
It Ain't Necessarily So	Jack Jezzro	4:38
It Ain't Necessarily So	Joe Henderson	6:27
It Ain’t Necessarily So	The Moody Blues	3:21
It Ain’t Necessarily So (take 1)	Miles Davis & Gil Evans	3:24
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Mae Morse	2:19
It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy & Bess)	Colm Wilkinson	3:30
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald	6:33
Porgy and Bess: Abertura / It Ain't Necessarily So	Mario‐Ratko Delorko	5:26
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Finley Quaye	4:39
It Ain't Necessarily So	The Jazztet	4:29
It Ain’t Necessarily So	The Jazztet	4:29
It Ain’t Necessarily So	The Jazztet	4:29
Porgy and Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So	Sylvester Stingel, Symphonic Rock Orchestra, Simon Gale	3:17
Porgy and Bess Medley	Eddie Higgins	17:45
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Paul Robeson	2:32
It Ain't Necessarily So	Frank Sinatra	3:46
Gershwin Medley	Art Tatum	4:30
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Maxine Sullivan	3:33
It Ain't Necessarily So	Maxine Sullivan	3:37
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Buddy DeFranco & Oscar Peterson	4:14
It Ain't Necessarily So	Cal Tjader	2:06
Ain't Necessarily So	Carol Kidd	3:28
It Ain't Necessarily So	Joe Pass	5:49
It Ain't Necessarily So	Bronski Beat	4:07
It Ain’t Necessarily	Bronski Beat	4:42
It Ain't Necessarily So	Barbara Hendricks	3:09
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	3:17
It Ain't Necessarily So	Orchestra Jazz della Sardegna, Paolo Fresu featuring David Linx
It Ain't Necessarily So	The Ramsey Lewis Trio	2:51
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra	2:53
It Ain't Necessarily So	Ahmad Jamal	3:03
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Johnny Mercer/Billy Butterfield & His Orchestra	2:51
It Ain't Necessarily So	Guy Lombardo	3:16
Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So	Budapest Strings, János Sándor	3:17
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Beverly Kenney with Ralph Burns Orchestra	1:35
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Beverly Kenney with Ralph Burns Orchestra	1:35
It Ain't Necessarily So	The Modern Jazz Quartet	6:22
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr.	3:57
It Ain’t Necessarily So	June Christy with Stan Kenton & His Orchestra	3:38
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Peggy Lee	3:24
It Ain't Necessarily So	Eddie Henderson Quintet	8:37
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Fitzgerald	6:31
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	2:47
It Ain't Necessarily So	William Blossom, Stanley Drucker, Joseph Pereira, Al Regni, James Saporito, Fazıl Say	1:54
Bess You Is My Woman / It Ain't Necessarily So	Jaki Byard	9:53
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Evans Bradshaw	5:01
It Ain't Necessarily So	Johnny Mercer	2:49
It Ain't Necessarily So	Jane Rutter	3:00
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Cab Calloway and His Orchestra	3:11
Ain’t Necessarily So	Bronski Beat
It Ain't Necessarily So	Billy Paul Williams	4:21
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Peggy Lee	3:23
It Ain't Necessarily So	The Oscar Peterson Trio	3:11
Ain’t Necessarily So	Andy Bey	7:00
It Ain't Necessarily So	Percy Faith	3:11
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	6:32
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	3:13
It Ain’t Necessarily So	George Gershwin	3:03
It Ain't Necessarily So	Sliding Hammers	4:24
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Fitzgerald	6:33
It Ain’t Nessessarily So	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	6:34
It Ain't Necessarily So	Johnny Lytle Trio	4:29
It Ain't Necessarily So	The Honeycombs	2:21
It Ain't Necessarily So	Freddie Roach	5:02
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Ella Mae Morse	2:20
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Bronski Beat	4:10
It Ain't Necessarily So	Maxine Sullivan and Her Orchestra	3:34
It Ain't Necessarily So	James Morrison & Joe Chindamo	7:38
It Ain't Necessarily So	Bernard Zacharias et ses solistes	4:34
Porgy and Bess	University of Michigan Marching Band	2:12
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Bronski Beat	4:04
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	3:13
It Ain't Necessarily So	Annie Sellick feat. Joey DeFrancesco	5:55
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	3:13
It Ain’t Necessarily So	The Moody Blues	2:47
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Asylum Street Spankers	4:35
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	3:11
Overture: Porgy and Bess. Medley: Summertime / It Ain’t Necessarily So / I Loves You, Porgy	Sarah Vaughan, George Gaffney, Harold Jones, Andy Simpkins, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas	7:32
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	2:49
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	2:49
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Brian Wilson	3:58
Gershwin Medley: The Man I Love / Summertime / I've Got Plenty of Nuttin' / It Ain't Necessarily So	Art Tatum	4:25
It Ain’t Necessarily So (vocal)	George Gershwin	2:54
It Ain't Necessarily So	[unknown]	2:58
It Ain’t Necessarily So	Peggy Lee	3:26
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	3:13
It Ain't Necessarily So	The Oscar Peterson Trio	3:51
It Ain't Necessarily So	Mary Lou Williams	4:43
It Ain't Necessarily So	Oscar Peterson	3:15
It Ain't Necessarily So	Magni Wentzel Sextet	6:18
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sporting Life)	George Gershwin	4:48