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.
Winter Marquee Winter Marquee is a live album by folk singer Nanci Griffith. Recorded live during the "Clock Without Hands" tour in spring 2002, this album grew from the original wish to capture just one live song (Phil Ochs' "What's That I Hear") into a 14 track live CD album , Griffith's first live recording since "One Fair Summer Evening" (1988). On May 29, 2002, at the historic Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville  a live performance was filmed, and released on DVD under the same name. During the recording of both the album and the DVD, Griffith is joined on stage by Emmylou Harris, Tom Russell and Andrew Hardin.