Summer Wind was first recorded by an American singer and entertainer whose nicknames include The Midnight Idol, Mr Las Vegas, and what?
Summer Wind "Summer Wind" is a 1965 song, originally released in Germany as "Der Sommerwind" and written by Heinz Meier and German language lyrics by Hans Bradtke. Johnny Mercer re-wrote the song into English along the same themes as the original, which talked of the changing of the seasons using the Southern European sirocco wind as a metaphor. In America, it was first recorded by Wayne Newton and subsequently by Bobby Vinton and Perry Como.
Maureen McGovern Maureen Therese McGovern (born July 27, 1949) is an American singer and Broadway actress, well known for her renditions of the songs "The Morning After" from the 1972 film "The Poseidon Adventure" and "We May Never Love Like This Again" from "The Towering Inferno" in 1974. And in 1979 for her #1 on the "Billboard" adult contemporary chart with "Different Worlds", the theme song from the television series "Angie".