It Ain’t Necessarily So

~ Recording by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4It Ain’t Necessarily So6:35Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongCompact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • US1988-06-20
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)835 313-2
1.4It Ain’t Necessarily So6:35Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongCompact Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)835 313-2
2.14It Ain’t Necessarily So6:33Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong“Satchmo” • I gioielli di un genioLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)541 485-2
3.8It Ain’t Necessarily So6:36Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongThe Complete Ella and Louis on VerveElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-05-20
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)3145372842
1.8It Ain’t Necessarily So6:33Ella Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongPorgy & BessElla Fitzgerald and Louis ArmstrongAlbum
  • JP2011-06-22
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)UCCU-6141
2.4It Ain’t Necessarily So6:33Ella FitzgeraldSix Classic Albums, Volume 2Ella FitzgeraldAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2013-10-18
Real Gone JazzRGJCD413
3.8It Ain’t Necessarily So6:36Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongElla & Louis: The Complete Norman Granz SessionsElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
ONE Records (Lisboa and Porto)59805
1.12It Ain’t Necessarily So6:33Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongElla and Louis: The AnthologyElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
BnF Collection (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
3.10It Ain’t Necessarily So6:34Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongCheek to Cheek: The Complete Duet RecordingsElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
  • US2018-04-06
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)
1.8It Ain’t Necessarily So6:34Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongPorgy & BessElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum
  • GB2018-08-10
Verve Reissues
3.10It Ain’t Necessarily So6:34Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongCheek to Cheek: The Complete Duet RecordingsElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Group International (manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America), Verve Label Group00602557627725
1.8It Ain’t Necessarily So6:34Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongPorgy & Bess (remastered)Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum
  • XW2020-02-26
RevOla Records
1.7It Ain’t Necessarily So6:35Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongPorgy & BessElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)810 049-2
Bootleg
2.16It Ain’t Necessarily So6:34Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongOriginal Greatest HitsElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.3It Ain’t Necessarily So6:34Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongThe Very Best of Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Australia, Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)513284-2
1.8It Ain't Necessarily So6:35Ella Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongPorgy & BessElla Fitzgerald & Louis ArmstrongAlbum

Relationships

drums (drum set):Alvin Stoller (in 1957)
piano:Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader) (in 1957)
vocals:Louis Armstrong (in 1957)
Ella Fitzgerald (in 1957)
recording of:It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (cover)

Related works

It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin
Dorothy Heyward (playwright)
DuBose Heyward
composer:George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:Chappell Music (ASCAP)
Gershwin Publishing Corp
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
referred to in medleys:It Ain’t Necessarily the Saint James Infirmary
Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 5)
later translated versions:C’n’est pas nécessairement ça
I waas ned obs wiaklich so woa
later versions:It Ain’t Necessarily So (from ‘Porgy and Bess’) (arrangement for 48 violas)
is based on:Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
is the basis for:Etude on "It Ain't Necessarily So"
Vals