Album: Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Label: Legacy Sony
Release date: Feb. 26, 2016
Willie Nelson has announced a brand new album of pop standards, penned by America's legendary songwriting duo George and Ira Gershwin to be released Feb. 26. It 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).
From the press release:
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).Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin track listing:
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
6. I Got Rhythm
7. Love is Here to Stay
8. They All Laughed
9. Embraceable You (feat. Sheryl Crow)
10. They Can't Take That Away from Me
11. Summertime
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