Summertime
~ Recording by Billie Holiday
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Country/Date | ||||
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| 1.7 | Summertime | 2:55 | Billie Holiday | 100 Hits Legends: Billie Holiday |
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Relationships
| vocals: | Billie Holiday (in 1936) |
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| orchestra: | Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1936) |
| recording of: | Summertime |
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Related works
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
| lyricist: | Ira Gershwin (in 1934) Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) DuBose Heyward (in 1934) |
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| composer: | George Gershwin (in 1934) |
| publisher: | Chappell & Co. Chappell & Co., Inc. Chappell Music Ltd. Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing George Gershwin Music New Dawn Music Warner Chappell Music Ltd. Warner/Chappell Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV Warner/Chappell North America Limited Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935) WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 1) |
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| later translated parody versions: | Tschibuti |
| later translated versions: | C'est l'été Sommartid Summa is Summertime |
| version of: | Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara) |
| is the basis for: | And the Living Is Easy Doin’ Time One of These Mornings Summer Time Summertime Variations Summertime Variations The Bones of You 光のない部屋 |
| arrangements: | Summertime Summertime Summertime Summertime Summertime Summertime |
| music quoted in: | Fame |
| lyrics quoted in: | Doin’ Time |