2007-02-01 12:26:44 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
ella fitsgerald and louis armstrong
2007-02-01 12:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a song from the musical "Porgy and Bess". It was written by Gershwin (as previously stated), but was first performed by singer/actress Abbie Mitchell in October 1935 when it opened at the Alvin Theater in New York. Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald were the first popular artists to record it.
2007-02-01 12:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was from Gershwin's 1935 opera 'Porgy and Bess'. Not sure who recorded it first, maybe Billie Holliday, but it has been covered by a lot of artists.
Here's the wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_%28song%29
2007-02-01 12:32:14 · answer #3 · answered by northstar789 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's from the musical called "Porgy and Bess," and the song was written by George Gershwin.
2007-02-01 12:29:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the lovely Miss Nina Simone but not sure. I am sure however, that it was the ever so lovely Miss Janis Joplin that made it a classic. ;-)
2007-02-01 12:39:21 · answer #5 · answered by Laurie M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called "doin time" by sublime
2007-02-01 12:29:46 · answer #6 · answered by little lizzy lou lemon 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋