Summertime

"Summertime"
Music by	George Gershwin
Lyrics by	DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin
Original artist	Abbie Mitchell (1935)
Popularized by	Helen Japson (1935), Billie Holiday (1936), Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong (1957), Porgy and Bess (film)↗ (1959)
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"Summertime" is a 1935 song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. It was written for the opera Porgy and Bess^↗ and has since become a widely recorded jazz standard.^{scope: entire paragraph}

Angelina first performed the song in the Norske Talenter final. She performed it multiple times during the next few years. In June 2016 she peformed it with the KORK orchestra for a later televised wish concert. Her (as of early 2026) latest known public performance was in April 2017 at the Muse in City festival in Seoul, South Korea.

Original recording

Originally written for the opera Porgy and Bess^↗ of 1935, it was first recorded the same year by Abbie Mitchell (who also performed it in the opera) with George Gershwin playing the piano and conducting the orchestra during a rehearsal.

• Abbie Mitchell (1935) FIRST RECORDING [SUMMERTIME]^↗ (2:21) – JGC History

However, it was Helen Jepson who released the first commercial record, also in 1935.

• Helen Jepson (1935) FIRST RELEASE [SUMMERTIME]^↗ (2:40) – JGC History

Performances by other artists

Billie Holiday

• Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra - Summertime (Official Audio)^↗ (2:55) – Billie Holiday

Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (Audio)^↗ (4:56) – Ella Fitzgerald

Performances by Angelina

Norske Talenter finale

• Norway's Got Talent (2014-05-23 - live)

  Angelina Jordan - Summertime (George Gershwin) - Final Norway's Got Talent [2014] ^↗

Prime minister

• Prime Minister (2014-06 - live)

  [1]^↗

Sommerkveld Med Redningsskøyta

• Sommerkveld Med Redningsskøyta (2014-06-23 - live)

  [2]^↗

Rehearsal

• Sommerkveld Med Redningsskøyta (2014-06-23 - rehearsal)

  Angelina Jordan rehearsal summertime 2014 ^↗

2014 Kongsberg Jazz Festival

• Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2014, Barnivalen (2014-07-03 - rehearsal)

  Angelina Jordan rehearsal (Summertime) ^↗(fragment)

At a company event of the festivals main sponsor

• Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2014, FMC Technology (2014-07-03 - live)

  [3]^↗

Colorline stadium gig

• ColorLine Stadium, Ålesund (2014 - rehearsal)

  Angelina Jorda n rehearsal Summertime 2014 ^↗(fragment)

Event with Kofi Annan

• Concert for UN summit, 2014 (2014 - live)

  Angelina Jordan concert for UN summit with Kofi Annan (Summertime) 2014 ^↗

Rehearsal

• Concert for UN summit, 2014 (2014 - rehearsal)

  Angelina Jordan rehearsal (Summertime) Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong version ^↗

2015 Hemnes Båt & Fjord Festival

• Hemnes Båt & Fjord Festival (2015-06-28 - live)

  [4]^↗

Ajyal Youth Film Festival (Doha, Qatar)

• Ajyal Youth Film Festival (2015-12- - live)

  [5]^↗(fragment)

2016 Wish concert with KORK

• Wish Concert (2016-06-21 - live)

  Angelina Jordan - Summertime / KORK ^↗

2016 Kongsberg Jazz Festival

• Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Gulljazz (2016-07-07 - live)

  [6]^↗

• Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2016, Gamle Norge (2016-07-09 - live)

  [7]^↗

2017 Muse in City festial, Seoul, South Korea

• Muse in City (2017-04-23 - live)

  ANGELINA JORDAN (11) "Summertime" FULL SONG! Muse in City festival,Seoul 2017 (Better A/V)😃 (Part 2) ^↗

Social media post by Mery in 2023

• Hotel recording, a cappella (2022 ? - recording)

  [8]^↗(fragment)