2012 Summer Song Playlist (Vanity)

15 June 2012 | Me

[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

[paterfamilias]

“Summer Nights by Miles Davis and Gil Evans”

I just found it on YouTube - great song!

[Fiji Hill]

• Here Comes the Sun--Bert Lown & His Orchestra, 1930

• Lullaby of the Leaves--George Olsen's Music, 1932

• Lazy Day--Roger Wolfe Kahn, 1933

• The Storm That Struck Miami--Fiddlin' John Carson & Moonshine Kate, 1934 (Chronicles the 1926 Miami hurricane of September 18,1926--one of the worst natural disasters to hit the US)

• Wochenend und Sonnenschein (Weekend and Sunshine)--Karkoff Orchestra (vocal by Rolf Sandor), 1930

• Moon Over Miami--Connee Boswell, 1935

• The Clouds Will Soon Roll by--Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, 1932

[bigbob]

Me three. Gotta add at least one version of Summertime Blues, Nat King Coles Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer, and Bert Kampferts Swingin Safari, which seemed to be the only three records they owned at the swimming pool where I grew up.

[Fiji Hill]

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.

I'm actually a few months younger than Rush. I believe Sgt.Pepper was released in early June, 1967, but the radio stations KRLA and KHJ were blasting the Southland with promos from the album in the last week of May with 50,00 watts.

Here is the song that topped the rhythm and blues charts on the day I was born:

Rocket 88--Jackie Brenston & the Delta Cats

[A Cyrenian]

Loudon Wainwright's - Dead Skunk In he Middle of The Road.

A perfect summer time song.

[mountaineer1997]

“Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini”!

[Twotone]

Green Leaves of Summer - Brothers Four

[mountaineer1997]

Green Leaves of Summer - Brothers Four

I was trying to remember that classic!

Thank you, a great moody song.

[Fiji Hill]

Here are a few more

• De Zee--Bob Scholte, 1948 (Dutch version of Charles Trenet's 1948 hit La Mer)

• Varadero--Tutti Camarata, 1952 (Varadero is a beach resort in Cuba)

• Bermuda--Thje Bell Sisters, 1952 (A weird song, but it sold over a million copies)

• Bermuda Shorts--The Del Roys, 1957

• Short Shorts--The Royal Teens, 1958

• Summertime, Summertime--The Jamies, 1958

• Vacation--Connie Francis, 1962

• Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Honolulu Strand Bikini--The Blue Diamonds, 1960

• Four Shy Girls--The Girlfriends, 1961 (Answer to the above)

• California Sun--Joe Jones & His Orchestra, 1961

• Underwater--The Frogmen, 1961

• Chaque Nuit De L'Anee (Each Night of the Year, aka "Calendar Girl")--Petula Clark, 1961 (Covers the whole year, including summer)

[OldPossum]

...Nat King Coles Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer...

When that came out in the summer of 1963 (if my memory is correct), I immediately knew that it would be a big, big hit. And it was.

[hoagy62]

Summer Song-Joe Satriani

I will be playing this at the moment of summer solstice, which this year will occur at 7:09pm EDT on Wednesday, June 20th.

[Boogieman]

Groovin' - The Rascals

Saturday in the Park - Chicago

Walking on Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves

Heatwave - Martha and the Vandellas

Dancing in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas

Summertime - Billy Stewart

Sittin' in the Park - Billy Stewart

Grazing in the Grass - The Friends of Distinction

Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension

Time of the Season - The Zombies

Palisades Park - Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon

Rockaway Beach - The Ramones

Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Behind the Sun

I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash

[patriot08]

One of the prettiest ‘Summer’ songs of all time:
(Theme from Summer of ‘42)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM8ZUyEWWcs

[Fiji Hill]

An actual hit song from the summer of '42:

Sleepy Lagoon--Harry James & His Orchestra

[Northern Yankee]

Summer by War... a great summer song.

Also, All Summer Long, by the Beach Boys!

[Northern Yankee]

Summer, by War... a great summer song. A perfect song to crank up in a convertible as you cruise down the road on those glorious country roads. I love the extended album version. (Can be found on You Tube!)

Also, All Summer Long, by the Beach Boys!

[paterfamilias]

Thanks to all for your suggestions, and especially to those who included links.

Allowing for my personal taste, I have added many of your suggestions to my list.

We’ll do this again next year.