Written by George Gershwin. Which version do you like better?
This version performed by Billy Stewart:
Or this version, by Janis Joplin:
Or, for AOW, this version, performed as it was written, by Cecily Nall:
Sunday, May 24, 2009
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Hmmmm....Actually, I prefer more operatic versions of this tune.
Billy Stewart.
Have to go with the classical version. Always been a Gershwin fan, and what makes this version is the musical arrangement. Sounds like a hot summer afternoon.
Whoo!
I performed this number on the piano before my High School classmates in 1959.
I played it Gershwin style.
I wish I had though of doing it Billy Stewart style.
I would have been thrown off the stage, but I would have had a blast!
Not a Billy Stewart fan of this tune...too staccato. Never been a fan of Janis Joplin - listening to her here makes my throat hurt.
The last one is a little too formal.
This is gonna sound corny to you sophisticates...but my favorite is Fantasia Barrino (yes, American Idol from 2-3 yrs. ago). She did a version of this - which you can Youtube - which was just stunning -IMO.
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