Summertime
Gershwin's classic performed by six great artists
"Summertime" is an aria composed in 1934 by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based.
Performances by
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Sam Cooke
original slow jam version
Nora Jones / Marian McPartland