Summer Wind
For the Desert Rose Band song, see Summer Wind (The Desert Rose Band song).
"Summer Wind" is a 1965 song, with music by Heinz Meier and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song is a nostalgic tale of a fleeting romance, first recorded by Wayne Newton who had the first national chart hit with the song in 1965, peaking at number 78.
"Summer Wind" is best known for a 1966 recording by Frank Sinatra which peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard pop singles chart and number one on the Easy Listening chart.[1] The Sinatra version originally appeared on his album, Strangers in the Night.
Other versions
- In 1967, Shirley Bassey recorded the song for her album And We Were Lovers.
- In 1967, Bent Fabric recorded an instrumental version of the song for his album Operation Lovebirds.
- In 1974, lyricist Johnny Mercer recorded the song for his album My Huckleberry Friend.
- In 1994, on the Bart of Darkness episode of The Simpsons, character Martin Prince sings this song as the episode rolls out to the credits;[2] Alf Clausen performs the track.
- In 1998, Barry Manilow covered the song for his tribute album Manilow Sings Sinatra.
- In 1998, the song featured as a B-Side on CD2 (UK release) of The Fun Lovin' Criminals' single "Big Night Out". This version featured Ian McCulloch.
- In 1999, Lyle Lovett's version was featured in the Sam Raimi film For Love of the Game. It was also released on Lovett's 2003 album Smile: Songs from the Movies.
- In 2003, singer Michael Bublé featured the song on his debut album.
- In 2004, Irish boyband Westlife covered the song on their Rat Pack-inspired album Allow Us to Be Frank.
- In 2006, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers covered "Summer Wind" and released it as a B-side to his UK single release of "An English Gentleman".
- In 2006, Madeleine Peyroux covered the song on her third solo album, Half the Perfect World.
- In 2007,Russell Watson covered the song on his albumThat's Life.
- In 2013, Emmy Rossum covered the song on her album Sentimental Journey.
See also
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 223.
- ↑ "Martin Prince - Summer Wind". Fox. 1994. Retrieved 2014-05-25.