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The living is easy in the summertime. Originally composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess, the song was sung by the likes of the King of Soul, Sam Cooke; the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald (in a duet with trumpeter Louis Armstrong); Billie Holiday; Billy Stewart; Janis Joplin; and the Zombies. The song is short and sweet, and just like the season, it ends much too soon.