<P> The song's hook may pull from Rachmaninoff's Barcarolle, Op. 10, No. 3 . </P> <P> There are over 25,000 recordings of "Summertime". In September 1936, a recording by Billie Holiday was the first to hit the US pop charts, reaching no . 12 . Other versions to make the pop charts include those by Sam Cooke (US no . 81, 1957), Al Martino (UK no . 49, 1960), The Marcels (US no . 78, 1961), Ricky Nelson (US no . 89, 1962), and the Chris Columbo Quintet (US no . 93, 1963). The most commercially successful version was by Billy Stewart, who reached no . 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, and no . 7 on the R&B chart in 1966; his version reached no . 39 in the UK and no . 13 in Canada . Janis Joplin's version with Big Brother and the Holding Company has been highly praised . David Starkey in his article "Summertime" says that Joplin sings the song "with the authority of a very old spirit". In Britain, a version by the Fun Boy Three reached no . 18 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982 . </P>

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