As the email stated, the topic this week was YOUR Song of the Summer, and it was of all-time, and...
It's easy to list songs with "summer" in the title, or summer in the song's lyrics/story. But in truth, a good number of summer songs were actually released in the winter.
But what you've got below is the songs that remind ME of summer. I can see exactly where I was when I heard them, they make my life come alive. And just about all of them were hits over the summer. Ergo, MY Songs of the Summer.
The list is not comprehensive. I mean how many songs can you play in a one hour radio show, even thirty second snippets, which is what I do, not many. But these are the ones that came to my mind first.
I won't exactly say your mileage might vary, I KNOW your mileage will vary. You've got your own memories. And in truth, I've got no specific memories of listening to "Summer in the City," even though I've heard it a zillion times, but I can still see standing by the pool in Lancaster, PA, hearing "Doo Wah Diddy" come out of the radio. Likewise, "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" at Jennings Beach, coming out of the transistor in the "pavilion." And riding my Raleigh with the transistor slung over the handlebars waiting for and then exulting in hearing "California Girls." And sitting in my sister's apartment in Brentwood looking out towards the ocean listening to "One of These Nights." And finally liking a Carpenters song when I heard it on the AM-only radio in my '63 Chevy convertible, sans A/C, driving for the City Directory and...
You get the point.
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Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers
Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone
A Hard Day's Night - Beatles
Help! - Beatles
I Get Around - Beach Boys
The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - Jan & Dean
See You in September - the Happenings
Satisfaction - the Rolling Stones
Hello, I Love You - the Doors
Doo Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann
Closer to Home (I'm Your Captain) - Grand Funk Railroad
Hold Your Head Up - Argent
The Bitch Is Back - Elton John
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Love Is Alive - Gary Wright
What Do You Want From Life - the Tubes
A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
Do You Love Me - Dave Clark 5
Little Children - Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas
House of the Rising Sun - the Animals
I Can't Help Myself - Four Tops
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
For Your Love - the Yardbirds
Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
California Girls - Beach Boys
Paperback Writer/Rain - Beatles
Along Comes Mary - the Association
Wild Thing - Troggs
Sweet Pea - Tommy Roe
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
Yellow Submarine - Beatles
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
Light My Fire - the Doors
All You Need Is Love - Beatles
Carrie-Anne - the Hollies
Little Bit O' Soul - Music Explosion
Stoned Soul Picnic - 5th Dimension
Pictures of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
Hush - Deep Purple
Grazing in the Grass - Friends of Distinction
Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night
Make It With You - Bread
Yesterday Once More - Carpenters
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
Rocket Man - Elton John
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) - the Hollies
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Sealed With a Kiss - Brian Hyland
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
Long Train Runnin' - the Doobie Brothers
Live and Let Die - Wings
Rock the Boat - Hues Corporation
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
Rock Your Baby - George McCrae
Jive Talkin'- Bee Gees
One of These Nights - Eagles
Take it Easy - Eagles
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Miss You - Rolling Stones
Funkytown - Lipps Inc.
Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Piece of My Heart-Big Brother & the Holding Company
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