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"Summertime" is a song by English alternative rock band the Sundays. Written and produced by guitarist David Gavurin and lead singer Harriet Wheeler , the song was recorded for the band's third and final studio album, Static & Silence (1997), and released on 8 September 1997 as the first single from the album.
The song appeared in many films, including the 1949 Judy Garland film named after it, In the Good Old Summertime. The book Elmer Gantry opens with the title character drunkenly singing the song in the saloon. It is also prominently featured in "The Picnic", an early Mickey Mouse cartoon from 1930.
"In the Summertime" is the debut single by British rock band Mungo Jerry, released in 1970. [4] It reached number one in charts around the world, including seven weeks on the UK Singles Chart , two weeks at number one on the Canadian charts , and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US.
"Someone Somewhere In Summertime" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds which was released as the third single from their fifth studio album New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) (1982). Written by the members of Simple Minds, it was released on 5 November 1982 by Virgin Records .
Mungo Jerry (formerly known as Mungo Jerry Blues Band) are a British rock band formed by Ray Dorset in Ashford, Middlesex, in 1970.Experiencing their greatest success in the early 1970s, with a changing line-up always fronted by Dorset, the group's biggest hit was "In the Summertime", which sold 30 million copies worldwide and is the biggest-selling single of all-time by a British band.
In 1962, "Summertime, Summertime" was re-released and became a hit again, this time peaking at No. 38. [ 1 ] The song's fame far eclipsed the band's; The Fortunes , the Doodletown Pipers , Hobby Horse , Jan and Dean , and Sha Na Na all covered the tune, and it was used in commercials for Buick , Ken-L Ration Burger Time Dog Food, Applebee's and ...
In the Good Old Summertime is a 1949 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Judy Garland , Van Johnson , S. Z. Sakall , Spring Byington , Clinton Sundberg , and Buster Keaton in his first featured film role at MGM since 1933.
The lyrics for the Johnny Green composition were written by Edward Heyman. Coleman Hawkins's 1937 recording with Benny Carter and Django Reinhardt was long the definitive version. The song's harmony has been reused in many jazz compositions, such as Tadd Dameron 's "Casbah" and Fats Navarro 's "Nostalgia".