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    SUMMER WINE - AN ENDURING REFRAIN

    Nov 30, 2020 4 minutes
    ELISABETH KING

    THERE'S a reason today's singers do covers of decades-old songs. Their message and appeal is enduring and crosses multiple generations. Take Summer Wine, a hit for Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood in the 1960s. Artists as diverse as The Corrs and Bono and Lana Del Rey have warbled their own versions.

    In July, Alex Kapronos, ex-rock band Franz Ferdinand, and French chanteuse, Clara Luciani, released a beguiling reprise in English and French. Watch any rendition on YouTube and it’s hard not to feel inspired or wax nostalgic during the opening lines – ‘Strawberries, cherries and an angel's kiss in Spring; My summer wine

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