who sings the song which includes the words "its summer time and the living is easy"??

Answer 1

Sublime, "Summertime"

Answer 2

"Doin' Time" is a song appearing on the band Sublime's self-titled 3rd album. The lyrics tell of a cheating girlfriend, whose infidelities and poor treatment of her lover makes him feel like he's in prison. "Doin' Time" features heavy looping of bass and drums in the dub style for which Sublime became very well known. It was released as a single on November 25, 1997, which contained alternate versions of the song including one by Wyclef Jean; additional versions appeared on the post-Bradley Nowell compilation album Second-hand Smoke and several bootlegs, including one with Snoop Dogg. The song is also featured on the soundtrack to the PlayStation 2 game Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2.

The song is a loose cover of "Summertime" by George Gershwin, composed for the opera Porgy and Bess; future Long Beach Dub Allstars DJ Marshall Goodman appears on the recording and is mentioned in the lyrics.

Answer 3

Summer Time, and the Living is Easy
Thank you, Gershwin, for that song. My favorite version of it, by the way, is by Janis Joplin. This song was also used in a musical in the 50s called showboat.

Answer 4

That song, "summertime" was originally from the musical "Porgy and Bess" and since has been redone by Will Smith, Beyonce, Sublime, Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, and several other musicians.

Answer 5

It's called "Summertime" curiously enough and comes from the musical Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin.It's been covered by shedloads of people but the only one I can think of just now is Janis Joplin.I can hear it in my head while I'm thinking about it! It's pretty damn good.

Answer 6

Ella

Summertime and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby, don’t you cry
One of these mornings
You’re goin’ to rise up singing
Then you’ll spread your wings
And you’ll take the sky
But till that morning
There’s a nothin’ can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin’ by

Answer 7

"Summertime" is the name of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin.

People who have recorded "Summertime"
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Billie Holiday recorded a version of "Summertime" as did Frank Sinatra. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong sang the song in duet. Charlie Parker played his version along with many other jazz standards with an orchestra section. Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins performed it as a saxophone duet on the album "Sonny Meets Hawk!", which features a beautiful bass solo by Henry Grimes, which is an opinion, and therefore not a verafiable fact. Both Miles Davis and John Coltrane recorded their interpretations. R&B artist Sam Cooke scored a minor pop hit with his rendition of the song in 1957, when it backed his hit "You Send Me." One of the best known versions is Janis Joplin's recording of a blues-rock version with Big Brother & The Holding Company. Billy Stewart's version became a Top 10 Pop and R&B hit in 1966 for Chess Records. Even seemingly unlikely performers such as the Zombies and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes have made recordings of it, and Sublime's song "Doin' Time" is based on "Summertime". Mark Hamill gargled "Summertime" on The Muppet Show.

The song is a popular choice on the Pop Idol television franchise:

American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino (2004) performed the song twice on the program and subsequently recorded the song for her album Free Yourself and received a Grammy Nomination for that recording.
Andréa Boris in the Brasilian version (2004)
Canadian Idol contestant Jenny Gear (2003) reached the last six. another contestant, Theresa Sokyrka, sang it in season two.
In World Idols (2005) it was performed by Katká Košcova.
Aichelle Santos sang it in the Philippine Idols.
In America in 2005 it was sung by Lashondra and Sheryn Regis.
In 2006 it was sung by Abi Finley on the BBC reality show "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria."
In 2006 Leona Lewis performed a powerhouse performance of Summertime at the X Factor, an English TV program.
The song has also been sung by:

Scarlett Johansson
Celine Dion (Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon 2006)
Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, and Tony Rice on The Pizza Tapes
Fantasia Barrino
Charlotte Church
John Coltrane
Sam Cooke
Bob Crosby (used as theme song)
Miles Davis
Tommy Dorsey
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (duet)
Stan Getz
Al Green
Wayne Hancock
Herbie Hancock & Joni Mitchell
Brainbox
Coleman Hawkins
Billie Holiday
Billy Idol & Slash
Janis Joplin
Angélique Kidjo
Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Marilyn Manson
Paul McCartney
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Glenn Miller
Modern Jazz Quartet
Loulie Jean Norman
Renee Olstead
Charlie Parker
Leontyne Price
R.E.M.
Peter Gabriel
Sonny Rollins
Artie Shaw
Derek Sherinian
Nina Simone
Frank Sinatra
SKAMP
Theresa Sokyrka
Billy Stewart
Sublime
Sarah Vaughan
The Zombies
Mahalia Jackson
Renée Fleming
Christina Collier and Peter Jeffes
The Stereophonics
Nick Drake
Joe Pass and Oscar Peterson


Hope this helps!

Answer 8

Ella Fitzgerald

Answer 9

The artist is Sublime and the song is called Doin' Time

Answer 10

Earlier version by Billie Holliday.
A recent recording was by Sublime. Dozens of artists recorded this classic.

Answer 11

Its from Sublime. The name of the song is summertime I'm pretty sure. Band is definatly Sublime though. If you like that song you'll like the rest of their stuff.