SUMMER WIND
(Hans Bradtke / Heinz Mayer / Johnny Mercer)

Wayne Newton - 1965
Frank Sinatra - 1966
Brenda Lee - 1966
Shirley Bassey - 1967
Page Cavanaugh Trio - 1967
André Kostelanetz - 1967
Eddy Arnold - 1968
Johnny Mercer - 1971
Bing Crosby - 1977
Julio Iglesias & Frank Sinatra - 1993
Brian Evans - 1997
Barry Manilow - 1998
Lyle Lovett (feat. in the film "For Love Of The Game") - 1999
Fun Lovin' Criminals - 1999
Steve Lawrence - 2002
Alicia Renee - 2002
Michael Bublé - 2003
Lou Rawls - 2003
Westlife - 2004
Michael Bolton - 2006
James Dean Bradfield - 2006
Madeleine Peyroux - 2006
Don Cherry & Willie Nelson - 2007
Ray Quinn - 2007
Russell Watson - 2007
The John Oakes Band - 2008


Also recorded by: 
Ray Anthony; Les Brown; Buddy Greco; Marlene Ver Planck;  
Count Basie; Roger Kellaway; Johnny Hartman; Perry Como;
101 Strings; Riga Recording Studio Orchestra; Bud Shank;  
Doc Severinsen; Monty Alexander; Roger Williams; Julian; 
Madeline Vergari; Andy Williams ....... and many others.



The summer wind came blowin' in from across the sea
It lingered there, to touch your hair and walk with me
All summer long, we sang a song, and then we strolled that golden sand
Two sweethearts and the summer wind

Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by
The world was new, beneath a blue umbrella sky
Then softer than a piper man, one day it called to you
I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind

The autumn wind and the winter winds, they have come and gone
And still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on
And guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end
My fickle friend, the summer wind
The summer wind
Warm summer wind
Umm, the summer wind


(Transcribed from the Frank Sinatra
recording by Mel Priddle - Aug 2010)