Willie Nelson – Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (LP)

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Willie Nelson – Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin (LP)

2017 Grammy Winning Album! Nelson Covers Gershwin On Vinyl LP!

2017 Grammy Award:
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Country music icon Willie Nelson switches gears for this album featuring 11 pop standards penned by America’s legendary songwriting duo of George and Ira Gershwin. The tracklisting includes two duets, “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” with Cyndi Lauper, and “Embraceable You” with Sheryl Crow.

Nelson was awarded the Library of congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2015. To get a Gershwin award for anything is great, but to get one for songwriting is especially great because Ira and George Gershwin were just fantastic writers. They wrote some of the greatest songs ever, said Willie Nelson in response to receiving the Gershwin Prize. The first country artist ever to receive the distinguished Gershwin Prize, Willie Nelson was honored in November 2015 with a two-day celebration in Washington, DC, culminating in a star-studded tribute concert.

Willie Nelson’s distinctive down home delivery and heartfelt vocal stylings mesh perfectly with the exquisite construction, unforgettable melodies and sublime romance of the Gershwin brothers’ songs especially selected for Summertime.

Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin hearkens back to Stardust, the 1978 blockbuster album of pop standards that secured Willie’s reputation as pop balladeer

Features:
• Vinyl LP

Selections:
Side A:
1. But Not For Me
2. Somebody Loves Me
3. Someone To Watch Over Me
4. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off – feat. Cyndi Lauper
5. It Ain’t Necessarily So

Side B:
1. I Got Rhythm
2. Love Is Here To Stay
3. They All Laughed
4. Embraceable You – feat. Sheryl Crow
5. They Can’t Take That Away From Me
6. Summertime

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