Summer Wind

"Summer Wind" is a 1965 song, with music by Heinz Meier (= Henry Mayer) and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Original german lyrics by Hans Bradtke. The song is a nostalgic tale of a fleeting romance, first recorded by Wayne Newton who had the first national chart hit with the song in 1965, peaking at number 78.

"Summer Wind" is most known for a 1966 recording by Frank Sinatra which peaked at number twenty-five on the Billboard pop singles chart and number one on the Easy Listening chart. The Sinatra version originally appeared on his album, Strangers in the Night. By the 2000s, it was one of Sinatra's most-used recordings in various contexts.^{[citation needed]}

Other cover versions

• In 1967, Shirley Bassey recorded the song for her album And We Were Lovers.
• In 1967, Bent Fabric recorded an instrumental version of the song for his album Operation Lovebirds.
• In 1974, author Johnny Mercer recorded the song for his album My Huckleberry Friend.
• Barry Manilow covered the song for his 1998 tribute album, Manilow Sings Sinatra.
• Lyle Lovett's version was featured in the 1999 Sam Raimi film For Love of the Game. It was also released on Lovett's 2003 album Smile: Songs from the Movies.
• In 1998, the song featured as a B-Side on CD2 (UK release) of The Fun Lovin' Criminals' single Big Night Out. This version featured Ian McCulloch.
• In 2003, singer Michael Bublé featured the song on his debut album.
• In 2004, Irish boyband Westlife covered the song on their Rat Pack-inspired album Allow Us to Be Frank.
• In 2006, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers covered "Summer Wind" and released it as a B-side to his UK single release of "An English Gentleman".
• The song was covered on Madeleine Peyroux's third solo album, Half the Perfect World.

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1966 (U.S.)