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Aug.24.2011
George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward's "Summertime"
  DuBose Heyward was the sole author of the “Summertime” lyric. Lately, the Gershwin publishers have added the names of Ira Gershwin and Dorothy Heyward to its sheet music. But if you look at the original sheet music, it had only DuBose Heyward’s name. Here is the background. DuBose Heyward...