2007-02-28 15:38:30 · 13 answers · asked by marym 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Summertime" is the name of an aria George Gershwin composed for the opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics were written by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. A popular jazz standard, the song is in the Aeolian mode.
It is said that Gershwin was attempting to
create his own spiritual in the style of the African American folk song. The song is sung several times throughout the opera.
There are 1,000's of different versions of the song.
2007-02-28 15:48:31 · answer #1 · answered by Mee-Maw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Janis Joplin
2007-02-28 15:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by cruiser 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eddie Cochran
2007-02-28 15:45:31 · answer #3 · answered by Papa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking about the old jazz standard, just about everyone. The ones of note are probably Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
2007-02-28 15:42:19 · answer #4 · answered by essika_j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Will Smith
2007-02-28 18:16:46 · answer #5 · answered by ♥Milkshake♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kenny Chesney and Sublime
2007-02-28 16:32:56 · answer #6 · answered by ♠cman♠ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gershwin and Sublime
2007-02-28 15:42:27 · answer #7 · answered by 4 strings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Janis Joplin comes to mind, but there are several
2007-02-28 15:43:15 · answer #8 · answered by d☻min☺ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one recorded it... it is currently playing in the Southern Hemisphere! :-)
2007-02-28 15:47:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe it was Will Smith?
2007-02-28 15:41:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋