Song: Summertime

Artist:	Abbie Mitchell
Music written by:	George Gershwin
Lyrics written by:	Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
First performance date:	September 30, 1935
Language:	English
Comments:	Performed in the opera "Porgy and Bess".
Rating:	1 2 3 4 5 rollover to rate

Cover hierarchy

Summertime by Abbie Mitchell (September 30, 1935)
- Summertime by Eddy Duchin (1941)
- Summertime by Saunders King Rhythm (1942)
- Summertime by Perry Como & Sally Sweetland (March 1952)
- Summertime by The Hi-Lo's (1955)
- Summertime by Lena Horne (1957)
- Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (1957)
- Summertime by Sam Cooke & Bumps Blackwell Orchestra (September 1957)
- Summertime by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps (1958)
- Summertime by Shirley Scott Trio (1958)
- Summertime by Nina Simone (1959)
- Summertime by Santo & Johnny (1959)
- Summertime by Rick Nelson (1961)
- Summertime by John Coltrane (1961)
- Summer Time by Mina (November 1961)
- Summertime by Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake (1962)
- Summertime by Andy Williams (1962)
- Summertime by Herbie Mann (1962)
- Summertime by Freddie Hubbard (1962)
- Summertime by Marty Robbins (1962)
- Summertime by The Johnny Griffith Trio (January 1963)
- Summertime by Gerry & The Pacemakers (1963)
- Summertime by Lou Rawls (1963)
- Summertime by Leslie Uggams with Mitch Miller and the Sing Along Gang (1963)
- Summertime by The Rokes (1965)
- Summertime by Mongo Santamaría (1965)
- Summertime by Billy Stewart (1965)
- Summertime by The Chambers Brothers (1965)
- Summertime by Jackie De Shannon (1965)
- Summertime by The Zombies (February 1965)
- Summertime by The Walker Brothers (1966)
- Summertime by George Smith (1966)
- Summertime by The Wailers [1] (1966)
- Summertime by Skeeter Davis (1966)
- Summertime by The George Benson Quartet (1966)
- Summertime by Sonny & Cher (April 1966)
- Summertime by Booker T. & The M.G.'s (November 1966)
- Summertime by Bud Shank (December 1966)
- Summertime by Brenda & The Tabulations (1967)
- Summertime by The 3 Sounds (1967)
- Summertime by Dionne Warwick (May 1967)
- Summertime by Big Brother & The Holding Company (1968)
- Summertime by Love Sculpture (November 1968)
- Summertime by Lou Donaldson (1969)
- Summertime by Brainbox (1969)
- Summertime by Al Green (1969)
- Summertime by Paul Desmond (1969)
- Summertime by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass (1971)
- Summertime by Marie Celeste (1971)
- Summertime by Mike Auldridge (1974)
- Summertime by Esther Satterfield (1975)
- Summertime by Rick Wakeman (1979)
- Summertime by Willie and Leon (June 1979)
- Summertime by Larry Davis (1980)
- Summertime by Fun Boy Three (1982)
- Summertime by Sylvester (1986)
- Summertime by Sissel Kyrkjebø (1986)
- Summertime by Paul McCartney (October 31, 1988)
- Summertime by Evan Marshall (1990)
- Summertime by R.E.M. (December 1990)
- Summertime by Patricia Barber (1992)
- Summertime by Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins (1992)
- Summertime by Courtney Pine (1994)
- Summertime by Peter Gabriel (1994)
- Summertime by Deborah Franciose (May 12, 1994)
- Summertime by The Swingle Singers (1995)
- Summertime by Problem Child (1996)
- Summertime by Big Country (August 5, 1996)
- Summertime by Angélique Kidjo (September 23, 1997)
- Summertime by Joshua Redman (September 22, 1998)
- Summertime by Bobby Womack & The Roots (October 6, 1998)
- Summertime by Morcheeba & Hubert Laws (October 6, 1998)
- Summertime by Sarah Harmer and Jason Euringer (1999)
- Summertime by Kenny G. feat. George Benson (1999)
- Summertime by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (May 18, 1999)
- Summertime by Rossana Casale (2000)
- Summertime by Carrie Clark (2001)
- Summertime by Olga Konkova (April 17, 2001)
- Summertime by Molly Johnson (2002)
- Summertime by Peter Saltzman (2003)
- Summertime by The Go Getters (2003)
- Summertime by M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars (2004)
- Summertime by Trijntje Oosterhuis (2004)
- Summertime by Stefon Harris & Blackout (April 20, 2004)
- Summertime by Caetano Veloso (May 19, 2004)
- Summertime by Fantasia (June 22, 2004)
- Summertime by The Twilight Singers (August 24, 2004)
- Summertime [Live] by Brenda Holloway (2005)
- Summertime by Chris Bennett (September 27, 2005)
- Summertime by Jacqui Naylor (2006)
- Summertime by Nina Hagen & the Capital Dance Orchestra (2006)
- Summertime by Nicoletta (2006)
- Summertime by Scarlett Johansson (April 25, 2006)
- Summertime by Leona (December 17, 2006)
- Summertime by Kim Hoorweg (May 2007)

Partially covered by

Medley (Alone Together - Summertime - Come Rain or Come Shine) by Dinah Washington (1955)
Porgy and Bess Medley by Chris Connor (1957)
Medley A) Summertime B) The Ghetto by Johnny Hammond (1974)
Medley: A) I Loves You Porgy B) Summertime by Carol Sloane (1987)
Doin' Time by Sublime (1996)
Gershwin Medley: Our Love Is Here to Stay/Summertime/Rhapsody in Blue by David Osborne (August 4, 1998)

Forum topics

	Topic	Board	Started by	Replies	Last message
1	Summertime	Add songs	taegi	0	2009-04-13 21:33:22 by taegi
2	Summertime	Add songs	Wiszard	0	2008-12-02 05:35:35 by Wiszard
3	Summertime	Add songs	Stephan Koenig	0	2008-11-16 15:32:16 by Stephan Koenig
4	Summertime	Add songs	thegrammarfairy	0	2008-05-15 22:39:50 by thegrammarfairy
5	Summertime (Abbie Mitchell) cover by MFSB	Add songs	VirileVagabond	0	2008-02-17 00:35:45 by VirileVagabond
6	Summertime	Add songs	JROSE	2	2008-01-21 15:08:49 by Quentin
7	Summertime	Add songs	lyghtningrod	1	2008-01-14 10:00:18 by wally creek
8	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	1	2008-01-03 09:55:14 by abbamatic
9	Summertime	Add songs	Daniel	0	2007-12-20 18:57:18 by Daniel
10	Summertime	Add songs	Daniel	0	2007-12-19 21:11:19 by Daniel
11	Summertime	Add songs	Daniel	0	2007-12-06 21:54:48 by Daniel
12	Summertime	Add songs	Limbabwe	1	2007-11-20 14:25:59 by Limbabwe
13	Summertime	Add songs	OneWorldDestiny	1	2007-11-14 12:38:44 by Patrick
14	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	0	2007-11-05 13:40:30 by Axxie_Dent
15	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	0	2007-10-19 14:24:45 by Axxie_Dent
16	Summertime	Add songs	Gatalin	0	2007-10-05 14:56:07 by Gatalin
17	Summertime	Add songs	glibricz	1	2007-09-08 20:04:45 by Quentin
18	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	1	2007-05-09 12:53:44 by Patrick
19	Fantasia Barrino	Add songs	wlujess	1	2007-03-02 19:29:43 by abbamatic
20	Summertime	Add songs	Isa	0	2006-09-17 20:11:14 by Isa
21	Disco singer Sylvester	Add songs	abbamatic	1	2006-08-26 07:34:01 by abbamatic
22	Several covers on label Sue (1964)	Add songs	dany	15	2005-06-26 14:06:26 by Bastien
23	You Send me (Bastien)	Report Errors	dany	10	2004-12-30 12:04:33 by Bastien
24	Summertime - two covers	Add songs	dany	4	2004-12-23 17:25:37 by Bastien
25	Summertime, More Today Than Yesterday...	Add songs	shibby	3	2004-10-30 21:49:45 by Bastien

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Modified by Gatalin on 2008-12-29
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