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"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward , the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, and Ira Gershwin .
An international group of collectors of recordings of "Summertime" by the name "The Summertime Connection" claims more than 30,000 recorded performances (many live) in their collection. [94] [95] Nina Simone recorded several Porgy and Bess songs. She made her debut in 1959 with a version of "I Loves You, Porgy", which became a Billboard top 20 ...
"Doin' Time" samples jazz flautist Herbie Mann's cover of George Gershwin's "Summertime" from the opera Porgy and Bess. Mann's version is a live bossa nova version from his album Herbie Mann at the Village Gate. The band originally recorded the song with the lyrics "doin' time and the livin's easy".
"Summertime, Summertime" was the Jamies' first single and first major hit. The band was formed by Boston University student Tom Jameson and his sister Serena, who then recruited friends Jeannie Roy and Arthur Blair to join. [2] The band's first song was "Summertime, Summertime", which Tom had written. Serena recalled the writing process: [1]
"Easy Living" is a jazz standard written by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin for the 1937 film Easy Living [1] [2] A popular recording of the song was released in 1937 by Teddy Wilson for Brunswick Records , [ 1 ] featuring Billie Holiday , Benny Goodman , and Lester Young .
Summertime, a 1935 cartoon by Ub Iwerks; Summertime, a British/American film starring Katharine Hepburn; Summertime, a South Korean film starring Choi Cheol-ho; Summer Times, a 2009 Taiwanese film starring Bryant Chang and Shara Lin
"Summertime" (stylized in lowercase) is a song by Japanese bands Cinnamons and Evening Cinema, released digitally on August 7, 2017. The song was composed and written by Natsuki Harada, the vocalist, keyboardist, and guitarist of Evening Cinema. In 2019, "Summertime" went viral in Southeast Asia, and its popularity spread to Japan through TikTok.
"Easy Livin' " is a song by the British rock band Uriah Heep, released as the second single from their 1972 album Demons and Wizards. The band also shot a basic music video for the song in 1972. It was the band's first hit in the United States and the only top 40 hit there, peaking at No. 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1972. [ 2 ]