So there were a couple of minor pop hits from that summer that remind me of those hot days.
"Hot Summer Nights" by Night. This song sounds great blasting through the car speakers on a hot summer night, as you are cruising the beach strip. Makes me want to order a box of fried clams.
"Walking in the Rain" by Flash And The Pan. There was a lot of thunderstorm activity during the hot summer of 1979. I used to like to walk outside that summer, especially at night, for hours, as the "heat lightning" flashed on the horizon. Sometimes, the storm would move in and I'd be surrounded by wind, heavy rain and lots of thunder. This song reminds me of those walks. "Midnight Wind" by John Stewart (also from 1979) also brings back memories of those long walks.
Bobbi McGee.....with them windshield wipers slappin’ time, and Bobbi clappin’ hands, we.....
Another rain song.....In the cold Kentucky? rain, with a dollar in my hand, and an achin’ in my heart, and my pockets full of sand....out on Runway Number Nine; 707 set to go. But I’m stuck here on the ground...