Cast
- Todd Duncan (Porgy) (Sportin Life in "It Ain't Necessarily So")
- Anne Brown (Bess) (Clara in "Summertime") (Serena in "My Man's Gone Now")
- Avon Long (Sportin' Life)
- Edward Matthews (Jake)
- Helen Dowdy (Strawberry Woman)
- William Woolfolk (Crab Man)
- Georgette Harvey (Maria)
- Gladys Goode
- Eva Jessye Choir
- Decca Symphony Orchestra
- Alexander Smallens, conductor
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