In the 60's, Colin Blunstone was the lead singer of the Zombies, a British … Read Full Bio ↴In the 60's, Colin Blunstone was the lead singer of the Zombies, a British band that developed a distinctive, jazzy sound, in which his soft, laid-back, almost hesitant voice was offset against the equally soft, but flexible and pointy instruments of organ, drum, and bass.
The Zombies disbanded. In the early 70's, Blunstone re-emerged as a solo act, and scored several major hits. The music featured rhythm guitar now and ranged from string arranged melodies, to rock, to American folk. The Zombies were never far away; for instance, "Andorra", written by co-Zombies Rod Argent and White, is a remake of "Time of the Season".
"One Year" was his first solo album.
In the late 70's Colin lent his voice to The Alan Parsons Project, a logical progression from his solo work, as can be heard in a song such as "Old and Wise".
Colin is currently touring and recording again with Rod Argent, another founder member of the Zombies, performing both new material and hits from their joint and solo careers.
The Zombies disbanded. In the early 70's, Blunstone re-emerged as a solo act, and scored several major hits. The music featured rhythm guitar now and ranged from string arranged melodies, to rock, to American folk. The Zombies were never far away; for instance, "Andorra", written by co-Zombies Rod Argent and White, is a remake of "Time of the Season".
"One Year" was his first solo album.
In the late 70's Colin lent his voice to The Alan Parsons Project, a logical progression from his solo work, as can be heard in a song such as "Old and Wise".
Colin is currently touring and recording again with Rod Argent, another founder member of the Zombies, performing both new material and hits from their joint and solo careers.
Summertime
Colin Blunstone Lyrics
It's summertime and the living is easy
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Would you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings you're going to wake up singing
There you're going to spread wings and take to the sky
But till that morning ain't nothing, nothing going to harm you
With your mommy and daddy there standing by
It's summertime and the living is easy
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Would you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Would you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings you're going to wake up singing
There you're going to spread wings and take to the sky
But till that morning ain't nothing, nothing going to harm you
With your mommy and daddy there standing by
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Would you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
Lyrics © TuneCore Inc., BMG Rights Management, O/B/O DistroKid, Sentric Music, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Dorothy Heyward, Du Bose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
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pa_369
It's summertime and the living is easy
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Won’t you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings you're going to wake up singing
Then you're going to spread wings and take to the sky
But till that morning ain't nothing, nothing going to harm you
With your mommy and daddy there standing by
It's summertime and the living is easy
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Won’t you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
Blurblesquid
It's summertime and the living is easy
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Would you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
One of these mornings you're going to wake up singing
There you're going to spread wings and take to the sky
But till that morning ain't nothing, nothing going to harm you
With your mommy and daddy there standing by
It's summertime and the living is easy
The bees are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking
Would you hush, pretty baby, don't you cry
Miguel Ángel Giraldo Ramírez
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Summertime
The Zombies

It's summertime
And the living is easy
The bees are jumping
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good looking
Would you hush pretty baby
Don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're going to wake up singing
There you're going to spread wings
And take to the sky
But till that morning
Ain't nothing, nothing going to harm you
With your mommy and daddy
There standing by
It's summertime
And the living is easy
The bees are jumping
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good looking
Would you hush pretty baby
Don't you cry
Elvira Sosa
Just want to go on record saying that Colin has one of the smoothest, most evocative voices EVER.
Robert Charles
Well that's why so many have succeeded
Covering this song
It's hard to ruin
This song
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Jen Lindley
Agree big time!
brian salmon
I can’t even explain how much I love this sublime group...every song the Zombies have is a pure gem, with some of the best organ playing I ever heard and backed by Colin Blunstones fantastic vocals
DigitalDawg01
Best version of Summertime by any artist, and I agree with other similar comments about this being most authentic to the underlying mood of the song. The keyboardist of the Zombies is fabulous - having been in a band around that time, I would struggle to replicate his solos. Thanks for uploading this song.
Susan Rubio
@Balzac T Bagher ohhh Sam Cooke does it? I gotta check it out.
Susan Rubio
Who songs the original song?
James Denning
Nice version, really nice version, but Al Green's is my favorite.
elizabeth b
And a shout out to Fantasia as well !
Balzac T Bagher
Nah Sam Cooke did it best