Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana; Ella Fitzgerald was an American jazz vocalist. Louis Armstrong was one of the most famous names in entertainment during the roaring twenties while Ella met her success later in the 1930s. This song "Summertime" lends itself nicely to our study of the novel in that the lyrics reflect the materialism of the 1920s and it is sung by two of the most famous names from that era.

Listen for the reason that is given to "hush" the tears of the song's subject/