Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Summertime

[AsTimeDilates]

Terrible version. Amazing how many people overlook the fact that this is drek just because the artists are otherwise great.

[bezilliox]

so nice. i still prefer Sam Cookes version; but this is still awesome.



[elparisaofficial]

If you get a chance, please have a look at my rendition of Summertime and more on my channel. I'd love to hear what you think. Thank you x

[jackbritesil]

Impressionante!!! Belíssimo!!!!!!!



[ErinRosamondBlack]

nobody take this the wrong way, but I wish I was black! think about it: they have better food, better music, better culture...also, dark skin is always so beautiful, white skin is frequently either pasty or flushed. at least, mine is...:D just my opinion!

[AndrewerdnAndrew]

@ErinRosamondBlack Different food, different music, different culture... not better nor worse.

[ConConnorConConnor]

just straight-up gorgeous.

[Astonish70]

RIP Etta!

[nitrogliz]

@Astonish70 AHEM ella*

[TheWasp2392]

sublime

[wiredmanproductions]

There are zero renditions of this song better. none. nada. zilch.

[cafesanslait]

This is my favorite recording of this song.

[themalemutekid]

This gives me goosebumps

[gooner1991]

So beautiful

[jasongforafriend]

I love the horn !

[XecodaSempai]

Its summertime and i'm shivering because her voice is awe-inspiring!!!

[teresazulka]

Best of all, the greatest performance

[leotalavera]

I loved it!

[manayer121]

I wish there is music like this made today :) <3

[TheRollerKitty]

Does anyone know what key this version is in?

[chazzledazzle110]

@TheRollerKitty

It sounds to me like it's in B minor, but I may be wrong.

[TheRollerKitty]

@chazzledazzle110 Ok, thanks. :)

[MrNormanjr85]

love this song speaks to the soul

[lufrbgeg]

most covered song in history, but this is the best version ive heard

[cahillgreg]

@lufrbgeg Big Mama Thornton has a great interpretation of it too. Definately worth a listen.

[dimonig]

Джордж Гершвін написав одну з найбільш відомих світових пісень “Summertime” (її виконує Луї Армстронг та Ельза Фіджеральд) після того, як надихнувся українською народною колисковою “Ой ходить сон біля вікон”.(hurtom.com)

[roman6545]

pravo veliis..ovo jest najbolja verzija..ja ju volim cuti leti, kasno nocu, bas kasno na nekoj opskurnoj radio stanici npr u 03:38 posle ponoci..

[komaxlaredo]

Un buen cafe, una mañana de invierno y escuchar ésta canción es lo que me hace dar gracias Dios por estar vivo.

[timmhg]

@komaxlaredo, simplemente fabuloso ¿qué más podemos pedir?

[MrRen77]

It is not good, it's really amazing, best version, Ella and Louis have a memorable duet. Wonderful

[divableue1]

Merveilleux , inoubliables .....quel privilège de les avoir connus ....quelle époque extraordinaire !

[tkdfauzialfariz]

nice song..i love it

[metfan85]

Why are the top comments always people talking shit about the dislikes? They are rarely comments actually praising the video.

[KarenWRN1]

This is simply amazing. The best of the best.

[olebarca99]

Wonderful

[hippofight]

Eargasm at 4:08-4:44

[smokeysky]

This makes me shed a tear just sitting down and listning to it :'D

I so love it ^.^

[Surawomiru]

2.700.000 views and almost 99,5% voters sad YES.. I think is Youtube record :)

[theeard]

Don't believe there is a bad version of this song, but there is not one better than this.

[felekes100]

@theeard 

[mjpsails]

sooo damn cool

[OnlyYour100]

I am gipsy girl from Slovakia, and from my childness I love love and lots of love black music, this music... deep in my heart ♥♥♥

[Leaf13]

Ella & Louis together? Doesn't get any better. How anyone could dislike this is beyond me .... maybe they were looking for a newscast?

[B0000MBITCH]

Bradley's on the microphone with Ras MG

[sauloaracaju]

Great sound!

[jimbrene]

81 people misclicked the "like" button.

[VessieAnnTaylor]

Great recording.... Best rendition of Summertime Ive heard so far. Thanks ;)

[IRINAZEML]

Красота необыкновенная. Кто подскажет, Элла и Луи были муж и жена?

[mashcrackboy]

@IRINAZEML нет, но я мог видеть, как вы приняли его

[GhostFreakGr]

I was born in the wrong decade.

[Dustefart]

@GhostFreakGr that makes two of us friend.

[OnlyGeranium]

@GhostFreakGr I know exactly what you mean>we will never have artists like this again.

[cooldesertknight]

Anyone knows what music genre this piece falls under ? (Jazz,Blues, etc) ? Thanks

[ThePanteleia]

@cooldesertknight Jazz, most likely, but i've shacken away the feeling to put things in groups long ago.It's like people really desire to see some kind of a full order :D.But order is born from chaos.

I'd advice you to just put it under the category "good music", cuz I think it's combined between many styles.

[mtthwpowers]

@cooldesertknight I'd say early jazz/showtunes. This song was composed by George Gershwin as an aria for his opera Porgy and Bess.

Today it is widely considered a jazz standard and its different versions come from many different jazz sub-genres.

[darklord220]

I touched myself

[elparisaofficial]

Hey everyone! This is one of my favourite songs of all time so, I have decided to put my rendition up on my channel. Please take a look if you have the time. Thanks x

[nightrainbows1111]

Ella .. clear as crystal ... and that trumpet slices through the light ... together they are sublime ...

[swstalkee]

Bravo!

Swstalkee~

[Juliss4jul]

sometimes i wish i was black... they make the best music in the world

[bolder2009]

This is one of the most aesthetically pleasing performances in the history of recorded music.

[LTURNERSR]

goose bumps even!! this is beautiful music!!! im down south!!

[jerramy]

Aaaaahhhhh!  (faints from absolute pleasure of musical perfection).

[xkxoxo14]

this song is like a lullaby

[nas0te]

Now,that`s good music ! 

[jshkrobGinGer]

jesus, what a good song

[luisarmida]

I don´t know at all but i think taht the song of summertime is the Oscar Peterson.

Correct me if i´m wrong

[krisrMassa]

@luisarmida The song "Summertime" it's the opera's aria Porgy & Bess by George Gershwin, lyrics from DuBose, Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin , George brother's.It's a lullaby (nana) too

[vovkaf]

@luisarmida, @krisrMassa furthermore it is considered that Gershwin's inspiration may have come from having heard the Ukrainian lullaby, "A Dream Passes By The Windows" at a New York City performance by Oleksander Koshetz's Ukrainian National Chorus in 1929.

[krisrMassa]

@vovkaf Thanks...Thanks,your information it's very, very interesting so Ira his brother was "the mentor" of the songs.May be possibility to hear the real Ukrainian Lullaby song ?. It would be a pleasure for me.I think the only compositor who created the afro american style was Scott Joplin...great...great

[EvelynGonzalez758]

I agree with ya! This music is so refine,smooth,soft, beautiful! It's wonderful!

[hearherlouises]

ffs kids it s an old classic version of a good song...either u like it or u don t ....so what!!

[SpiderPlanTHuuge]

For music like this there should NOT be a dislike button!!!

[cassandra5322]

That sound quality, sounds like Armstrong is in my room.

[ITheEmperorI]

Chills!

[markonighthawk]

Wonderful music from two legends! I you love the music form please join us at Jazzed! on FB.

[paul123digital]

80 people just dont know how to listen to jazz:)

[Marmalade1231]

Beautiful...I'm speechless...

[summerwinelover]

@kevinfuca, I was just as shocked as you were :) Maybe I'm a snob too *heehee* but those ppl are either deaf or just too small minded to understand this wondrous music...

[kakao101kakao101]

Two legends... :)

[catgirl1234]

Simply wonderful. My favourite ballad.

[kevinfuca]

that was just shock me when i saw 80 peoples dislike this

[ANTITJN03]

@kevinfuca 81 subnormal "humans" ¬.¬

[TakeYourProfits]

@kevinfuca those were not people... those were animals.... you know people that act like they got school on Sunday.... No Class...

[SilkyJohnson2002]

@kevinfuca That was just shock me when I saw your grammar.

[bigsoso20]

@SilkyJohnson2002 LMAO!!! your comment had me laughing

[MrGuitaraddict1]

@SilkyJohnson2002 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Codabow]

@SilkyJohnson2002 Not everyone speaks English as a first language, but people can appreciate music across all cultures.

[SilkyJohnson2002]

@Codabow What you're talking about isn't relevant.

[Basquelady86]

@Codabow Good point!!

[CarinaCovers96]

@kevinfuca That was just shock you? lol

[bendrumming99]

soo good



[Dson213]

why can't music be like this now a days Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Nat King Cole were the best of their time and they are still the best

[carlafierro7]

i have stopped criticizing those who come here an stain with their DISLIKES .. Google/Youtube do it on purpose .. having that infernal button . just to create MONEY .. Facebook does not a DISLIKE button, Flickr does not, Vimeo does not, Tumblr does not .. CONCLUSION: if you push the dislike button you are just putting money in Googlez pockets LMAO and LOL and wet my pants ha ha

[minechannelful]

I <3 this song!

[MsBoston1517]

cool!

[HempMasterNinja]

His Voice...sooo cool



[ChikaAniagba]

chills, that's all I have to say.

[ilovety65]

@ChikaAniagba I so agree.

[operamtr]

wow .... wow .... wow!!!!!!!

[Fron141Records]

no coment.................

[MEH50caribe]

anthonyday24...........absolut­ely right.........people get it and are enriched by the beauty or miss it by a country mile and never know this slice of life in all its glory........

[Grunoloj]

I lost my virginity for this song.

[cheeseizgod]

Beautifully said!

[omgKYang]

And yet somehow people like Lil Wayne are popular...

[donsarde]

what a voice the diva

[babyhunz6932]

most of the generation now are so lost in mainstream music that they dont understand what music is really about.. how music and the singers of way back when can touch the heart where todays music is just something to make time fly.. what last's are the great legends..

[az0951989hmma]

You guess right, Gershwin would be proud of you ! ;)

[GTI1dasOriginal]

strange... I haven't got the age to have experienced this back then, wasn't even born yet...

But I like this song.

Am I getting old?

Or is it just so simple a song that tthis one is wonderful even within 200 years... You tell me.

[francedrence]

the best song

[markabdilla]

incredible

[TheValerieHunter]

Wow. Just wow. Oh man. How can we call the garbage on the radio "music" compared to this?!

[neverseenR]

It's pure. You just feel it or not and I do feel it.

[sargentstephens45]

If you suddenly died and this sound was the first thing you heard, you'd instantly know you were in heaven. A creation of indescribable beauty.

[jdavis417]

Honey couldn't drip any sweeter than this!

[PeggyTankian]

I fell in love

[chrissylove45]

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND REAL MUSICIANS! CLASSIC!

[nas0te]

This is true music :x

[rammstein1994able]

Both six stars!

[meowzhappyface]

this song is good in all seasons, not just summertime!

[anthonyday24]

This is what happens when two undeniable legends make a duet. Souls infuse and beauty is birthed through melodious song. I feel sorry for those who don't get the chance to hear this music or even worse, can't comprehend/understand it. You truly have to grow in musical taste to enjoy the finer music in life.

[Ilandnum1]

@anthonyday24 dont be such a snob



[aswayb]

@anthonyday24 you dont have to 'grow' in musical taste to enjoy 'Summertime' you pompus snob

[aswayb]

@anthonyday24 you dont need to 'grow' in musical taste to appreciate this masterpiece by Gershwin you pompus white snob

[portyhead]

@aswayb first and foremost, the word is spelled pompous, second it's funny how you went back a second time to edit your original posting to add the word "white", how pompous of you

[aswayb]

@portyhead well done you can spell it but you obviously dont know its meaning if your accusing me of showing it in that line. Or perhaps you over reached in your effort to seem witty. Pretentious lil caucasian

[kinoboy94]

@aswayb why are you guys doing this just listen to the music

[portyhead]

@aswayb Don't be mad because I called out your tacky post.

[kinoboy94]

@portyhead why are you guys doing this just listen to the music

[Strathern88]

@anthonyday24 Well said

[verobebe22]

@anthonyday24 beautifully said...

[a4anonymous]

Sublime brought me here, and I'm not ashamed to say it.

I don't understand why other people are afraid to say what music led them to other good music. I love Sublime, and I'm glad that through them I can find music just as beautiful.

[luisesp3]

79 people listen to Lil Wayne....

[padster]

@luisesp3 i don't see anything wrong with appreciating the merit of both... i and many of my friends are hip-hop fans, and i can tell you honestly that it doesn't affect our enjoyment of other music whatsoever

[ThePictoucounty]

@luisesp3 and there is absolutely nothing wrong with listening to Lil Wayne, although there is something wrong with assuming what someone's musical tastes are based on clicking a button.

[rockifythis]

@ThePictoucounty you sir, are my hero

[cicci0salsicci0]

@luisesp3 who is Lil Wayne?

[lucifanfly]

@luisesp3 i listen lil wayne and i like this

P.D:sorry for my english i'm spanish

[bettytjthompson]

WHATEVER SHE SANG, AT WHATEVER AGE!!!..SUPERBE!!!

[cunnulingus]

I'm 23 and I've just learned that I can find love. Something must be wrong with my generation.

[12lmeganl12]

@cunnulingus your youtube name means female oral sex. That's what's wrong with our generation.

[margusia1000]

I love it to tears :)

[margusia1000]

This is my favorite version of this song.

I wonder who are those 79 idiots who dislike ...

[leoncheetah]

@margusia1000

79 (idiots) represent a little over 0.6% of 13525 and it looks not so bad after all, methink... ;)

[limpgetz]

The Best ! this melody touches your soul :) enjoy it !

[TheCecejennis42]

This song is soo magnificent...there arent enough words to really describe what i feel when i hear this song.....Beautiful <3

[xoxminikxox]

i actually dont like this song ): its so gloomy

[babehurst88]

@xoxminikxox I find it quite the opposite actually.

[xoxminikxox]

@babehurst88 yeahh i mean its whatever floats your boat. i just prefer pieces like when sunny gets blue (:

[drmollusk1]

@xoxminikxox Stormy Weather perhaps?

[TheSuzanSuzan]

Marvellous rendition by Louis and Ella but I hate the backing preferred them with Oscar. Who is it Riddle?

[nursemary9]

SO WONDERFUL!! Thank You!

[missJamaikaify]

/watch?v=axYugaT8ET8&feature=r­elated

[gpc123451]

played this at my mums cremation it says it all

[louelizab]

@gpc123451

so moving!

[tallmo100]

I hope the world is gonna bee like this music!!!!

[maryniaem]

Matko moja!

To fantastyczny utwór i chyba najlepsze wykonanie jakie słyszałam!

Aż zapiera dech...

[eutoxeres]

Man, what a sound! High quality!!!!! THANKS!

[1980RockGirl]

This is soooo good!

[guanjaman06]

thums up if you think Billie Holiday wood have sounded better with louis

[cocoamorocco19]

Ahhhh, that last note!

[BartRuijter1992]

I definately like this version best of all! Gives me goosebumps when she starts singing. Just amazing!

[OnlyYour100]

GREAT song, GREAT singers.... BRAVO!!! 

[smndbrv]

pfff, only the best song ever

[VirtusArete]

I wish she were holding a cat!

[rockifythis]

@VirtusArete Too many awesomeness in one only place. The universe couldn't handle it and everybody would die.

[PurpleCorcra]

@BasketQase oops , sorry i thought it was a saxophone!! :P

[MrOldSmit]

тема на все времена! круто

[PurpleCorcra]

i get the shivers when that saxophone comes in at the start. <3<3

[BasketQase]

@PurpleCorcra It's a trumpet, played by the legendary Louis Armstrong.

[paulalanzdiva]

check out my version of this amazing song please

[am1frigider]

this is the BEST summer time ever !