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DuBose Heyward (1885–1940)
Writer, Music Department, Additional Crew
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Breakfast with the Arts (1991– )
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("Selections from 'Porgy and Bess'") (1 episode) —
American Night with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic
Lyrics ("Selections from 'Porgy and Bess'")
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How to Let Go of the World: and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016)
Lyrics ("Summertime") |
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What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Publisher ("I Loves You Porgy" [from "Porgy and Bess"]), Writer ("I Loves You Porgy" [from "Porgy and Bess"]) |
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Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live at Montreux (1993)
(Video) - Writer ("Gone, Gone, Gone", "Summertime", "Here Come de Honey Man") |
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$7MM
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$34K
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$2.4MM
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$5.3MM
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Porgy and Bess (1959)
Lyrics ("Summertime", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Here Come de Honey Man", "They Pass By Singin'", "The Crap Game", "Gone, Gone, Gone", "My Man's Gone Now", "I Ain't Got No Shame", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "What You Want With Bess?", "O Doctor Jesus", "Street Vendors' Cries", "God and Me", "Clara, Clara", "Morning Sounds", "Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way"), Writer (libretto), Writer (play "Porgy") |
$7MM
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The Emperor Jones (1933)
Writer (additional scenes) (uncredited), Writer (screen play by) (as Du-Bose Heyward) |
$263K
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Elämäni Biisi (2020)
(TV Series) - Writer ("Summertime") (1 episode, 2020)
Pummilla Ilosaareen ja VHS-kasetille vuodatetut tunteet (Oct
10,
2020)
Season 2,
Episode 6
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Writer ("Summertime")
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Great Performances (1993–2014)
(TV Series) - Writer (libretto - play) (1 episode, 1993), Lyrics ("Summertime") (1 episode, 2014)
Star-Spangled Spectacular: Bicentennial of Our National Anthem (Sep
13,
2014)
Season 42,
Episode 1
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Lyrics ("Summertime")
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The Great Train Robbery (2013)
(TV Mini-series) - Writer ("Summertime") (1 episode, 2013), Written By ("Summertime") (1 episode, 2013)
A Robber's Tale (Dec
18,
2013)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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Written By ("Summertime") (as Du Bose Heyward),
Writer ("Summertime") (as Du Bose Heyward)
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The Mark of Beauty (2013)
(TV Series) - Writer ("It Ain't Necessarily So", "I Loves You Porgy") (1 episode, 2013), Writer ("My Man's Gone Now") (1 episode, 2013) |
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The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012)
(TV Special) - Lyrics ("Summertime", "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "I Loves You, Porgy") |
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Late Show with David Letterman (2011)
(TV Series) - Writer ("It Ain't Necessarily So") (1 episode, 2011)
Episode #19.17 (Sep
30,
2011)
Season 19,
Episode 17
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Writer ("It Ain't Necessarily So") (uncredited)
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Saturday Night Live (1979–2004)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("Summertime") (1 episode, 1985), Lyrics ("I Loves You Porgy") (1 episode, 1979), Writer ("Summertime") (1 episode, 2004) |
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Live from Lincoln Center (2002)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("Selections from 'Porgy and Bess'") (1 episode, 2002), Writer (libretto) (1 episode, 2002), Writer (play "Porgy") (1 episode, 2002)
New York Philharmonic All-Gershwin New Year's Eve Concert (Dec
31,
2002)
Season 27,
Episode 5
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Lyrics ("Selections from 'Porgy and Bess'")
New York City Opera - The Gershwins' "Porgy and Bess" (Mar
20,
2002)
Season 27,
Episode 1
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(libretto),
Writer
(play "Porgy")
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American Playhouse (1993)
(TV Series) - Lyricist (1 episode, 1993), Lyrics ("Summertime", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Here Come de Honey Man", "They Pass By Singin'", "The Crap Game", "Gone, Gone, Gone", "Overflow, Overflow", "My Man's Gone Now", "Oh, the Train is at the Station", "I Ain't Got No Shame", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "What You Want With Bess?", "O Doctor Jesus", "Street Vendors' Cries", "Clara, Clara", "Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way") (1 episode, 1993), Writer (based on the play by) (1 episode, 1993), Writer (libretto) (1 episode, 1993)
The Gershwins', Porgy & Bess (Oct
6,
1993)
Season 11,
Episode 3
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Lyricist,
Lyrics ("Summertime", "A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", "Here Come de Honey Man", "They Pass By Singin'", "The Crap Game", "Gone, Gone, Gone", "Overflow, Overflow", "My Man's Gone Now", "Oh, the Train is at the Station", "I Ain't Got No Shame", "It Ain't Necessarily So", "What You Want With Bess?", "O Doctor Jesus", "Street Vendors' Cries", "Clara, Clara", "Finale: O Lawd, I'm On My Way"),
Writer
(based on the play by),
Writer
(libretto)
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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("Bess, You Is My Woman Now") (1 episode, 1993)
Bride of the Monster (Jan
23,
1993)
Season 5,
Episode 23
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Lyrics ("Bess, You Is My Woman Now") (uncredited)
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The Graham Kennedy Show (1972–1973)
(TV Series) - Writer ("It Ain't Necessarily So") (1 episode, 1973), Writer ("I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'") (1 episode, 1973), Writer ("Summertime") (1 episode, 1972) |
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New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1967)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("My Man's Gone Now") (1 episode, 1967) |
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Bandstand (1963–1966)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("Summertime") (3 episodes, 1966), Writer ("It Ain't Necessarily So") (1 episode, 1966), Lyrics ("Summertime", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'", "It Ain't Necessarily So") (1 episode, 1963) |
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Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1961)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("Summertime") (1 episode, 1961), Lyrics ("I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'") (1 episode, 1959), Lyrics ("It Ain't Necessarily So") (1 episode, 1958)
Paul Lynde and Perry Como's entire production staff (Jun
7,
1961)
Season 13,
Episode 33
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Lyrics ("Summertime") (uncredited)
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The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960–1961)
(TV Series) - Writer ("Porgy and Bess Medley") (1 episode, 1960), Writer ("Summertime") (1 episode), Writer ("I've Got Plenty of Nothin'", "There's a Boat That's Leavin' for New York", "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way") (1 episode, 1961)
Shari Lewis (Jan
12,
1961)
Season 5,
Episode 16
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Writer ("I've Got Plenty of Nothin'", "There's a Boat That's Leavin' for New York", "Oh, Lawd, I'm on My Way") (uncredited)
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One Night Stand (1959)
(TV Series) - Writer ("There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York", "Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'") (1 episode, 1959)
Diahann Carroll and the Modern Jazz Quartet (Apr
27,
1959)
Writer ("There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon For New York", "Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now", "I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'")
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The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958)
(TV Series) - Writer ("A Woman is a Sometime Thing") (1 episode, 1958) |
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The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1957)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("Summertime") (1 episode, 1957), Writer ("Excerpt from Porgy and Bess") (1 episode, 1956)
Tallulah Bankhead, Milton Berle, Pearl Bailey, Dean Jones, Reverend Billy Graham (May
12,
1957)
Season 2,
Episode 30
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Lyrics ("Summertime") (uncredited)
Tony Bennett, Doretta Morrow, Mel Torme, Frances Faye, Guy Madison, Kathryn & Arthur Murray (Oct
14,
1956)
Season 2,
Episode 5
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Writer ("Excerpt from Porgy and Bess")
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The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951)
(TV Series) - Lyrics ("It Ain't Necessarily So") (1 episode, 1951)
Host: Eddie Cantor; Guests: Eddie Fisher, Evelyn Gould, Joel Grey, William Warfield (Apr
1,
1951)
Season 1,
Episode 30
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Lyrics ("It Ain't Necessarily So")
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