- Summer Wine
"Summer Wine" is a song written by
Lee Hazelwood . It was originally sung by Suzi Jane Hokom and Lee Hazlewood in 1966, but it was made famous byNancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood in 1967. This version was originally released as theB-side of "Sugar Town " the previous year before featuring on the "Nancy & Lee" LP in 1968. It was the first of Sinatra and Hazlewood's string of popular duets.Lyrically, "Summer Wine" describes a man, voiced by Hazelwood, who meets a woman, Sinatra, who notices his silver spurs and invites him to have wine with her. After heavy drinking, the man awakens hungover to find his spurs and money have been stolen by the mysterious woman.
Covers
The song was later covered by
Demis Roussos ,Bono ofU2 withThe Corrs , Gry with FM Einheit and his Orchestra, Anna Hanski & Lee Hazlewood, Scooter (on the 2000 album "Sheffield"), and byVille Valo &Natalia Avelon for the soundtrack of "Das Wilde Leben ". "Summer Wine" was also covered by Ed Kuepper and Clare Bowditch on the cultAustralia n music gameshow "Rockwiz ". [ [http://www20.sbs.com.au/rockwiz Rockwiz] ]List of interpreters [ [http://www.somevelvetmorning.net/Lh08.html] ]
*Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
*Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom
*Lee Hazlewood & Anna Hanski
*Patty Boyd & Demis Roussos
*The 98% American Mom & Apple Pie 1929 Crash Band
*Gilles Marchal & Martine Habib
*Roland Kaiser & Nancy Sinatra
*Ben & Tamara
*Nana Gualdi & Ralf Paulsen (as 'Sommerwein')
*Belle and Sebastian (as 'Dog on wheels')
*Ronnie Urini & Venus
*Hazeldine
*Dick Watson
*Scooter
*Evan Dando & Sabrina Brooke
*Symposium
*Some Velvet Morning
*The Corrs & Bono
*The Jackson Code
*Red Alix-CJOB (feat. Yvette Shaw)
*The Bellicoons (as 'Summer wine, single edit' and as 'Summer wine, soapy Zeppelin mix')
*Marie Laforêt & Gérard Klein (as 'Le vin de l'été')
*Bo Andersen & Bernie Paul
*Dennis 'Cannonball' Caplinger & Sharon Whyte
*Brunetta (as 'Dove vai?')
*Ruçhan Çaraay & Tanju Ökan (as 'Babam gibi')
*Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon (+ mixes)
*Demis Roussos & Petula Clark
*Emilie Simon & Alain BashungReferences
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