the best songs ever

[Eric the Green]

I don't know if it's a favorite of mine, but it was when I was a child. It deserves at least honorable mention. Porgy and Bess by Gershwin, 1935





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess

Porgy and Bess contains many songs that have become popular in their own right, becoming standards in jazz and blues in addition to their original operatic setting.

Some of the most popular songs are:

"Summertime", act 1, scene 1
"A Woman Is a Sometime Thing", act 1, scene 1
"My Man's Gone Now", act 1, scene 2
"It Take a Long Pull to Get There", act 2, scene 1
"I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'", act 2, scene 1
"Buzzard Keep on Flyin'", act 2, scene 1
"Bess, You Is My Woman Now", act 2, scene 1
"Oh, I Can't Sit Down," act 2, scene 1
"It Ain't Necessarily So", act 2, scene 2
"What You Want Wid Bess", act 2, scene 2
"Oh, Doctor Jesus", act 2, scene 3
"I Loves You, Porgy", act 2, scene 3
"A Red-Haired Woman", act 2, scene 4
"There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York", act 3, scene 2
"Bess, O Where's My Bess?", act 3, scene 3
"O Lawd, I'm on My Way", act 3, scene 3