And my Top Seven nominees are...
7. Chad and Jeremy -- A Summer Song
Glorious harmonies and acoustic guitar work that reduces you to tears.
6. Brian Hyland -- Sealed With a Kiss
Utter dreck. In my high school, we used to sing it as "Kissed by a Seal."
5. The Jamies--Summertime Summertime
I still don't know if that song sucks or not.
4. Eddie Cochran -- Summertime Blues
C'mon -- rock 'n' roll doesn't get any cooler.
3. The Kinks -- Sunny Afternoon
I'd never seen that clip before, but that's about as sublime as it can be.
2. The Tearjerkers -- Syracuse Summer
"The California sun shines all the time/but East Coast Summer's are a different kind/They don't last as long so they mean a little bit more..."
And the all time great pop song about the beauty of summer is...
1. The Beach Boys The Warmth of the Sun
C'mon -- who else?
Okay -- and who would your choices be?
Have a great weekend, everybody!!!!
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Chuck Prophet - Summertime Thing
Tommy Tutone -- Sounds of a Summer Night
That guy charging way too much for tickets -- Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Fountains of Wayne -- The Summer Place
Cheap Cassettes -- Endless Summer Ends
Chris Stamey -- The Summer Sun
Elvis Costello -- The Other Side of Summer
Where is "Hot Fun In The Summertime"? An egregious error leaving that off!
Bruce's "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" is a great song and it's a nod to every summer song from the '60s that influenced him as a kid. The song gets better the older I get.
paulinca
summer in the city -lovin' spoonful
in the summertime- mungo jerry
96 degrees in the shade- third world
starless summer sky- marshal crenshaw. marginalt
Stumbled across this a few years ago and have been a fan ever since:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp169ELvyS4
I'm shocked that you skipped Lovin' Spoonful's Summer in the City. Too obvious?
Still, there's...
Mungo Jerry: In the Summertime (don't roll your eyes- it's great)
Seals and Crofts: Summer Breeze (don't roll your eyes- it's pretty)
The Undertones: Here Comes the Summer
Sparks: Over the Summer
ELO: One Summer Dream (speaking of pretty songs)
Jonathan Richman: That Summer Feeling
War: Summer
Bananarama: Cruel Summer
and when it's winding down, The Kinks: End of the Season
Cosmic Rough Riders: Revolution in the Summertime
Danny Wilson: Second Summer of Love
Jeb Loy Nichols: Summer Came
Chris Rea: Looking for the Summer
Datri Bean: Slow Down Summertime
Great Big Sea: When Summer Comes
@ Alzo: thanks for that. Not sure yet about the music, but the video was amazingly evocative.
Here's a favorite summer song of mine...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqGc8W0ETyA
A different mood, but gorgeous writing and performance.
The Jamie's- Summertime Sumertime
The Happenings - See you ln Sept.
Tradewinds - Only Surfer boy in NYC
Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park
Alice - Schools Out
Surfaces- Wipe Out
Martha/Vandellas - Dancing in the street
Otis - Dock of the Bay
Drifters - Under the Boardwalk
Donovan-Sunshine Superman
Girl Don't Tell Me , BBoys
Steve not to interrupt your weekend -
some good posts comments ?
rob
Martha and the Vandellas, Heat Wave seems appropriate.
Palmdale - "Here Comes The Summer" (2010)
Billy Thorpe - "It's Almost Summer" (1975)
Sherbet - "Summer Love" (1975)
"You Bring The Summer" - The Monkees
"Summertime" - Billy Stewart
"A Summer Place" - Deke Dickerson and Los Straightjackets
"Corvette Summer" - Luther Russell
"Here Comes Summer" - The Dave Clark Five
"Surfin' Safari" - The Beach Boys
"Summer Wind" - Mr. S
Okay, to put a cherry on this List-o-mania, here is the top-selling single of the Rock 'n' Roll era with 'summer' in its title:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt7SPm7N6D8
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