With George Gershwin’s melancholy melody and DuBose Heyward’s colloquial poetry, the opening aria from ‘Porgy and Bess’ ...

As the temperature outside heats up, so does the chatter around the “song of the summer” — the unofficial name for the track that becomes inescapable between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The song of ...

For the second year in a row, a country song ruled the summertime charts. Virginia native Shaboozey burst onto the mainstream in March 2024, thanks to prominent features on Beyoncé's album "Cowboy ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When rocker Eddie Cochran released "Summertime Blues" in August 1958, the concept of "the song of summer" was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that ...

The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

That’s according to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, as they warble on their 1958 jazz classic, “Summertime.” The song captures the very essence of the season — warm and enchanting. Every year, ...