Definitions for "Summertime"
Keywords:  spent, song, homebase, jazzy, heyward
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
"Summertime" is the name of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by Du Bose Heyward and Ira Gershwin. A popular jazz standard, the song is in the Aeolian mode.
Summertime is the title of a number-one R&B single by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. From the duo's 4th album Homebase, it also reached #1 Rap Single and #4 Billboard Hot 100.
Summertime is a 1955 film directed by David Lean and starring Katharine Hepburn and Rossano Brazzi. It was adapted by H. E. Bates, Lean and Donald Ogden Stewart (uncredited) from the play The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents.
Summertime This drama short (26 minutes) was written by Michael Ennis, directed by Eve Morrison, produced by Hilary Mc Loughlin and Storm Productions, and jointly financed by RTE and the Irish Film Board. It was made in 1995 and broadcast by RTE on January 13, 1997.