Hundreds of singers and musicians have taken George Gershwin's 'Summertime' into their repertoire and, as an appropriately seasonal launch for this year's New Horizons, William Dart looks over a couple of handfuls of them, from Kiri Te Kanawa and Dinah Lee to Sarah Vaughan, Sam Cooke and Janis Joplin.
Sarah Vaughan singing Photo: William P Gottlieb, Public Domain
Music Details
ARTIST: Kiri Te Kanawa
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: The Young Kiri
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Decca
ARTIST: Dinah Lee
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: The Mod World of Dinah Lee
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Viking
ARTIST: Billie Holiday
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: The Quintessential Billie Holiday
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Sony
ARTIST: Sarah Vaughan
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: CBS
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: The Divine Sarah Vaughan
ARTIST: Sam Cooke
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: RCA
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: The Man who Invented Soul
ARTIST: Sam Cooke
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: ABKCO
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Sam Cooke
ARTIST: Lambert Hendricks and Ross
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: The Hottest New Group in Jazz
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Columbia
ARTIST: Mae Barnes
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: Mae Barnes Sings
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Fresh Sounds
ARTIST: The Cosmic Rays & Sun Ra
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: Interplanetary Melodies
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Norton
ARTIST: The Residents
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: George & James
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Ralph
ARTIST: Billy Stewart
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: Rhino
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: The R&B Box: 30 Years of Rhythm and Blues
ARTIST: Janis Joplin, Big Brother & The Holding Company
TITLE: Summertime
ALBUM: Sony
COMPOSER: Gershwin
LABEL: Cheap Thrills
