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Helen Jepson
Summertime
From the counter
Lana's "Summertime" comes from four writers, Gershwin among them, and Helen Jepson put it on record first, back in 1935. Hear where it started, then follow Gershwin; he wrote plenty more.
Liner notes
Written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward.
First recorded by Helen Jepson in 1935.
Also recorded by Teddy Wilson (1976).
How you get here
Lana Del Rey recorded "Summertime" in 2020, but the song was already old. Which of these names belongs to the team that wrote it?George Gershwin
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