Willie Nelson - Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin

Guest appearances by Cyndi Lauper and Sheryl Crow

This collection of Gershwin tunes finds Willie Nelson singing standards in a relatively standard fashion. Nelson's new album of pop standards, penned by America's legendary songwriting duo George and Ira Gershwin, follows the selection of Willie as the 2015 recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Among the 11 Gershwin classics recorded by Willie Nelson for his new album are two duets: "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off" with Cyndi Lauper (the song was originally introduced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1937 film "Shall We Dance") and "Embraceable You" with Sheryl Crow (the song was performed by Ginger Rogers in "Girl Crazy," recorded by Billie Holiday in 1944 and inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005).

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin hearkens back to Stardust, the 1978 blockbuster album of pop standards that secured Willie's reputation as pop balladeer (in addition to his status as one of the architects of outlaw country music)

 

Side 1

But Not for Me

Somebody Loves Me

Someone to Watch Over Me

Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (featuring Cyndi Lauper)

It’s Ain’t Necessarily So

Side 2

I Got Rhythm

Love is Here to Stay

They All Laughed

Embraceable You (featuring Sheryl Crow)

They Can’t Take That Away From Me

Summertime

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