Summertime: Recorded Examples
Below is a survey of some of the more notable recorded and performed versions of "Summertime" across all genres. These include orchestral, broadway, jazz, rock, R & B, and popular versions. (Though of dubious accuracy, here is a link to a website--cited in Pollack's book--that identifies various artists who have recorded "Summertime.")
Janis Joplin - 1968
original album artwork
This performance--whose date is uncertain--is based on a recorded version Joplin produced for her 1968 album Cheap Thrills. A link to that particular recording session can be found here.
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REM - 1990
Though from a dubious origin--a supposed fan club single labeled 1990--the pop group REM performed this live at a 1989 festival in the Netherlands.
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