Summertime

~ Recording by Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.3Summertime2:56Billie Holiday and Her OrchestraPortraitGeorge GershwinAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)221482-349

Relationships

vocals:Billie Holiday (in 1936)
orchestra:Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra (in 1936)
recording of:Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (in 1936)

Related works

Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)

lyricist:Ira Gershwin (in 1934)
Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934)
DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:Chappell & Co.
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
Chappell Music Ltd.
Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing
George Gershwin Music
New Dawn Music
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV
Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935)
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28)
WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
referred to in medleys:Porgy and Bess Suite (order: 1)
later translated parody versions:Tschibuti
later translated versions:C'est l'été
Sommartid
Summa is
Summertime (French lyrics)
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 (arr. for guitar by 武満徹)
Summertime (catch-all for arrangements)
Summertime (Rick Wakeman arrangement)
Summertime (for brass band, arr. Snell)
Summertime (Kahil El’Zabar arrangement)
Summertime (arr. Dickson‐Place, for TBB a cappella)
music quoted in:Fame
lyrics quoted in:Doin’ Time