"SUMMERTIME"
是音樂劇 "Porgy and Bess" 劇中的個唱歌曲之一, 該劇是發生在 South Carolina 的真實故事, 講述一個生活於貧民窟的黑人跛丐 Porgy, 他想幫助一個與毒販共同生活的女子Bess 脫離窘境。
"Summertime" 這歌曲在劇情中的演譯, 最深入大眾內心的就是女主角以自怨自艾, 輕撫懷中嬰兒時唱出之情景。直至今天, 此劇在種族歧視方面仍有很大爭議, 所以並未被大眾廣泛接受, 但此曲則極受推崇, 被公認為二十世紀初期, 美國東南部的黑人爵士樂歌曲代表作; 至今天為止, 經重新編製, 包括十三種語言, 翻唱版本達两千七百多個, 是美國流行樂壇包括聖誕歌曲的最高紀錄; 而1965年由 John Lennon 和 Paul McCartney 共同創作的經典 "Yesterday" 亦祗有七百多個而已。
Porgy and Bess - Musical full movie 1993
Ой, ходить сон коло вікон -
Ukrainian lullaby by Polissya folk choir "Lionok"
在流行樂壇有傳, "Summertime" 部份的曲調創作, 是啟發自一首烏克蘭搖籃曲 "Oi Khodyt Son Kolo Vikon" (A Dream Passes By The Windows), 這搖籃曲是 Oleksander Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus 於1929年在美國紐約市演出時的歌曲之一。
SUMMERTIME - Billie Holiday
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings, you're goin' to rise up singin'
Then you spread your wings and you'll take the sky
But 'til that mornin', there's nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by
One of these mornings, you're goin' to rise up singin'
Then you spread your wings and you'll take the sky
But 'til that mornin', there's nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings, you're goin' to rise up singin'
Then you spread your wings and you'll take the sky
But 'til that mornin', there's nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by
One of these mornings, you're goin' to rise up singin'
Then you spread your wings and you'll take the sky
But 'til that mornin', there's nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin' by
1936年由 Billie Holiday 的演譯, 首次登上美國流行音樂榜第12位。1966年 Billy Stewart 的版本登上 Billboard Hot 100 第12位。最突破的是1968年由 Janis Joplin 與迷幻樂隊 Big Brother & The Holding Company 的演譯被公認為最受歡迎的流行版本之一, 她亦以此曲演出於 "Woodstock 1969" 。
SUMMERTIME - Janis Joplin
SUMMERTIME - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong