Song: Summertime

Music written by:	George Gershwin
Lyrics written by:	Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
Language:	English
Comments:	Performed in the opera "Porgy and Bess".

Originals

First performance:

Summertime by Abbie Mitchell (September 30, 1935)

Adaptation tree

Summertime written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
- Doin' Time written by Brad Nowell, Marshall Raymond Goodman

Versions

Summertime written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Summertime	Eddy Duchin	1941
2	Summertime	Saunders King Rhythm	1942
3	Summertime	Perry Como & Sally Sweetland	March 1952
4	Medley (Alone Together - Summertime - Come Rain or Come Shine)	Dinah Washington	1955
5	Summertime	The Hi-Lo's	1955
6	Summertime	Lena Horne	1957
7	Porgy and Bess Medley	Chris Connor	1957
8	Summertime	Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong	1957
9	Summertime	Sam Cooke & Bumps Blackwell Orchestra	September 1957
10	Summertime	Shirley Scott Trio	1958
11	Summertime	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	1958
12	Summertime	Miles Davis	1958
13	Summertime	Nina Simone	1959
14	Summertime	Santo & Johnny	1959
15	Summertime	Ronnie Hawkins	1960
16	Summertime	Marv Johnson	1960
17	Summertime	Adam Faith	November 19, 1960
18	Summertime	John Coltrane	1961
19	Summertime	Rick Nelson	1961
20	Summer Time	Mina	November 1961
21	Summertime	Herbie Mann	1962
22	Summertime	Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake	1962
23	Summertime	Freddie Hubbard	1962
24	Summertime	Andy Williams	1962
25	Summertime	Marty Robbins	1962
26	Summertime	Bill Evans Trio	1962
27	Summertime	Gerry & The Pacemakers	1963
28	Summertime	The Johnny Griffith Trio	January 1963
29	Summertime	Leslie Uggams with Mitch Miller and the Sing Along Gang	1963
30	Summertime	Lou Rawls	1963
31	Summertime	Julie London With The Gerald Wilson Big Band	1965
32	Summertime	The Rokes	1965
33	Summertime	Mongo Santamaría	1965
34	Summertime	Jackie De Shannon	1965
35	Summertime	Billy Stewart	1965
36	Summertime	The Chambers Brothers	1965
37	Summertime	The Zombies	February 1965
38	Summertime	The George Benson Quartet	1966
39	Summertime	The Wailers [1]	1966
40	Summertime	Chris Farlowe	1966
41	Summertime	George Smith	1966
42	Summertime	Skeeter Davis	1966
43	Summertime	The Sunjet Serenaders Steelband	1966
44	Summertime	The Walker Brothers	1966
45	Summertime	Sonny & Cher	April 1966
46	Summertime	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	November 1966
47	Summertime	Bud Shank	December 1966
48	Summertime	Brenda & The Tabulations	1967
49	Summertime	The 3 Sounds	1967
50	Summertime	Dionne Warwick	May 1967
51	Summertime	Big Brother & The Holding Company	1968
52	Summertime	Love Sculpture	November 1968
53	Summertime	Tal Farlow	1969
54	Summertime	Al Green	1969
55	Summertime	Brainbox	1969
56	Summertime	The Free Design	1969
57	Summertime	Paul Desmond	1969
58	Summertime	Lou Donaldson	1969
59	Summertime	Marie Celeste	1971
60	Summertime	Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass	1971
61	Summertime	Marjorie McCoy	1973
62	Medley A) Summertime B) The Ghetto	Johnny Hammond	1974
63	Summertime	Mike Auldridge	1974
64	Summertime	James Last	1975
65	Summertime	Esther Satterfield	1975
66	Summertime	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	1978
67	Summertime	Rick Wakeman	1979
68	Summertime	Willie and Leon	June 1979
69	Summertime	Larry Davis	1980
70	Summertime	Sylvester	1986
71	Summertime	Sissel Kyrkjebø	1986
72	Medley: A) I Loves You Porgy B) Summertime	Carol Sloane	1987
73	Summertime	McCoy Tyner Trio	1987
74	Summertime	Paul McCartney	October 31, 1988
75	Summertime	Evan Marshall	1990
76	Summertime	R.E.M.	December 1990
77	Summertime	Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins	1992
78	Summertime	Patricia Barber	1992
79	Summertime	Courtney Pine	1994
80	Summertime	Marcus Roberts	1994
81	Summertime	Peter Gabriel	1994
82	Summertime	Per Nielsen - Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester	1994
83	Summertime	Deborah Franciose	May 12, 1994
84	Summertime	The Swingle Singers	1995
85	Summertime	Patty Waters	1996
86	Summertime	Problem Child	1996
87	Summertime	Big Country	August 5, 1996
88	Summertime	Angélique Kidjo	September 23, 1997
89	Gershwin Medley: Our Love Is Here to Stay/Summertime/Rhapsody in Blue	David Osborne	August 4, 1998
90	Summertime	Joshua Redman	September 22, 1998
91	Summertime	Bobby Womack & The Roots	October 6, 1998
92	Summertime	Morcheeba & Hubert Laws	October 6, 1998
93	Summertime	Sarah Harmer and Jason Euringer	1999
94	Summertime	Kenny G. feat. George Benson	1999
95	Summertime	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes	May 18, 1999
96	Summertime	Rossana Casale	2000
97	Summertime	Kaylé Brecher	September 5, 2000
98	Summertime	Carrie Clark	2001
99	Summertime	Olga Konkova	April 17, 2001
100	Summertime	Molly Johnson	2002
101	Summertime	Aaron Neville	2003
102	Summertime	The Go Getters	2003
103	Summertime	Peter Saltzman	2003
104	Summertime	Trijntje Oosterhuis	2004
105	Summertime	Michael Bolton	2004
106	Summertime	M. Sasaji & L.A. Allstars	2004
107	Summertime	Stefon Harris & Blackout	April 20, 2004
108	Summertime	Caetano Veloso	May 19, 2004
109	Summertime	Fantasia	June 22, 2004
110	Summertime	The Twilight Singers	August 24, 2004
111	Summertime [Live]	Brenda Holloway	2005
112	Summertime	Chris Bennett	September 27, 2005
113	Summertime	Jacqui Naylor	2006
114	Summertime	Leslie West	2006
115	Summertime	Nina Hagen & the Capital Dance Orchestra	2006
116	Summertime	Nicoletta	2006
117	Summertime	Scarlett Johansson	April 25, 2006
118	Summertime	Leona	December 17, 2006
119	Summertime	Kim Hoorweg	May 2007
120	Summertime	The Niro	2009
121	Summertime	Jaimee Paul	2009
122	Summertime	Vanessa Calcagno	January 15, 2010
123	Summertime	Fun Boy Three

Doin' Time written by Brad Nowell, Marshall Raymond Goodman

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	Doin' Time	Sublime	1996
2	Doin' Time	Greyboy Allstars	June 21, 2005
3	Doin' Time	Up Syndrome	2006

Forum topics

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1	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	1	2009-12-18 08:10:20 GMT by Isa
2	Summertime	Add songs	Gatalin	1	2009-10-12 02:47:10 GMT by tsk
3	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	1	2009-10-12 00:22:59 GMT by tsk
4	Summertime	Add songs	flip	1	2009-10-03 19:26:08 GMT by tsk
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6	Summertime	Add songs	Wiszard	0	2008-12-02 04:35:35 GMT by Wiszard
7	Summertime	Add songs	Stephan Koenig	0	2008-11-16 14:32:16 GMT by Stephan Koenig
8	Summertime	Add songs	thegrammarfairy	0	2008-05-15 20:39:50 GMT by thegrammarfairy
9	Summertime (Abbie Mitchell) cover by MFSB	Add songs	VirileVagabond	0	2008-02-16 23:35:45 GMT by VirileVagabond
10	Summertime	Add songs	JROSE	2	2008-01-21 14:08:49 GMT by Quentin
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12	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	1	2008-01-03 08:55:14 GMT by abbamatic
13	Summertime	Add songs	Daniel	0	2007-12-20 17:57:18 GMT by Daniel
14	Summertime	Add songs	Daniel	0	2007-12-19 20:11:19 GMT by Daniel
15	Summertime	Add songs	Daniel	0	2007-12-06 20:54:48 GMT by Daniel
16	Summertime	Add songs	Limbabwe	1	2007-11-20 13:25:59 GMT by Limbabwe
17	Summertime	Add songs	OneWorldDestiny	1	2007-11-14 11:38:44 GMT by Patrick
18	Summertime	Add songs	glibricz	1	2007-09-08 18:04:45 GMT by Quentin
19	Summertime	Add songs	Axxie_Dent	1	2007-05-09 10:53:44 GMT by Patrick
20	Fantasia Barrino	Add songs	wlujess	1	2007-03-02 18:29:43 GMT by abbamatic
21	Summertime	Add songs	Isa	0	2006-09-17 18:11:14 GMT by Isa
22	Disco singer Sylvester	Add songs	abbamatic	1	2006-08-26 05:34:01 GMT by abbamatic
23	Several covers on label Sue (1964)	Add songs	dany	15	2005-06-26 12:06:26 GMT by Bastien
24	You Send me (Bastien)	Report Errors	dany	10	2004-12-30 11:04:33 GMT by Bastien
25	Summertime - two covers	Add songs	dany	4	2004-12-23 16:25:37 GMT by Bastien
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