Posted on 06/15/2012 4:53:07 PM PDT by paterfamilias
Well, Summer is almost here. I have updated my Summer Song Playlist. These songs are either about summer or remind me of summer.
It's Summertime, Summertime - The Jamies
Vacation – Connie Francis
A Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy
Beach Baby - First Class
Coney Island Baby - Julien Neel
Feelin’ Hot Hot Hot – Buster Poindexter
Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins
Girl from Ipanema - Astrud Gilberto / Stan Getz
Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles
Hawaii Five –O Theme
Heat Wave - Martha and the Vandellas
Hot Fun in the Summertiime - Sly and the Family Stone
In the Good Old Summertime - Julien Neel
Kokomo - The Beach Boys
Love Letters in the Sand - Pat Boone
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Magnum P.I. Theme
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
Mister Softee Ice Cream Jungle
Old Cape Cod – Patti Page
One Summer Night - The Danleers
Palisades Park – Freddy Cannon
Pipeline - The Ventures
Poison Ivy - The Coasters
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
See You in September - The Tempos
Sincere - The Buffalo Bills (from "The Music Man")
Standing on the Corner - The Four Lads
Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts
Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
Summer Samba - Astrud Gilberto
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra
Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochrane
Summertime - Kathleen Battle (from "Porgy and Bess")
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
Surfin' USA - The Beach Boys
Take Me Out to the Ballgame – Eddie Layton - Yamkee Stadium
Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Up on the Roof - The Drifters
Was a Sunny Day – Paul Simon
Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Brian Hyland
Wipe Out - The Surfaris
Summer (The First Time), Bobby Goldsboro.
“Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”
A Summer Place - The Lettermen
Great list!
You must be older than me...... (grin...)
I had the good fortune to see the Beach Boys just a few weeks ago and when they sang Surfin’ USA (also California Girls) the crowd went wild and stated dancing in the isles.
Great list.
Summer Nights - Grease
Surfer Girl - The Beachboys
Reunion: Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
A couple of cuts on the Beach Boys’ new album definitely belong on this list!
We got my parents tickets to see them Wednesday! They loved the concert and can’t stop talking about it!
“You must be older than me...... (grin...)”
I am the youngest of four - my brother is 9 years older, my sisters 8 and 7 years older - so I was exposed to a lot of pop music from their era.
That is one bullseye of a list! You must be the same age as me and Rush: born in 1951. Your list is the soundtrack to all that we witnessed that makes our nation so special in so many ways. And don’t forget Sgt Pepper came out the day school let out in 1967 to kick off THAT summer.
Beach Baby is a great song. The lead singer, Tony Burrows, is one of the biggest selling unknown singers of all time. In 1970, Burrows sold eight million records under four different group names: Edison Lighthouse (”Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”), White Plains (”My Baby Loves Lovin’”), the Brotherhood of Man (”United We Stand”) and The Pipkins (”Gimme Dat Ding”). During one episode of the BBC TV show Top of the Pops, Burrows appeared with three of those groups.
“A Summer Place - The Lettermen”
Added. Thanks
“You must be the same age as me and Rush: born in 1951.”
Bingo! May 25th.
“Summer Nights - Grease”
Added. Thanks!
“Home-grown Tomatoes”
“Summer Nights by Miles Davis and Gil Evans”
I just found it on YouTube - great song!
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