The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Bess, You Is My Woman / It Ain't Necessarily So


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue Number29069 A
Matrix Number 67742 / 67741
Record Label Decca Records
Record Format78 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number507520
Number of Tracks2
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes Jewish classical composer

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Bess, You Is My Woman (Act 2-Scene 1)
Composer(s) : Author: Du Bose Heyward; George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin
2 - It Ain't Nexessarily So (Act 2-Scene 2)
Composer(s) : Du Bose Heyward; George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin