https:\/\/spoti.fi\/3BPZrCf<\/p>\n
As the email stated, the topic this week was YOUR Song of the Summer, and it was of all-time, and…<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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…<\/p>\n
You get the point.<\/p>\n
_________<\/p>\n
Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers<\/p>\n
Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sly & the Family Stone<\/p>\n
A Hard Day’s Night – Beatles<\/p>\n
Help! – Beatles<\/p>\n
I Get Around – Beach Boys<\/p>\n
The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) – Jan & Dean<\/p>\n
See You in September – the Happenings<\/p>\n
Satisfaction – the Rolling Stones<\/p>\n
Hello, I Love You – the Doors<\/p>\n
Doo Wah Diddy – Manfred Mann<\/p>\n
Closer to Home (I’m Your Captain) – Grand Funk Railroad<\/p>\n
Hold Your Head Up – Argent<\/p>\n
The Bitch Is Back – Elton John<\/p>\n
Thick as a Brick – Jethro Tull<\/p>\n
Love Is Alive – Gary Wright<\/p>\n
What Do You Want From Life – the Tubes<\/p>\n
A World Without Love – Peter and Gordon<\/p>\n
Do You Love Me – Dave Clark 5<\/p>\n
Little Children – Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas<\/p>\n
House of the Rising Sun – the Animals<\/p>\n
I Can’t Help Myself – Four Tops<\/p>\n
I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher<\/p>\n
For Your Love – the Yardbirds<\/p>\n
Eve of Destruction – Barry McGuire<\/p>\n
California Girls – Beach Boys<\/p>\n
Paperback Writer\/Rain – Beatles<\/p>\n
Along Comes Mary – the Association<\/p>\n
Wild Thing – Troggs<\/p>\n
Sweet Pea – Tommy Roe<\/p>\n
Sunshine Superman – Donovan<\/p>\n
Yellow Submarine – Beatles<\/p>\n
Somebody to Love – Jefferson Airplane<\/p>\n
Light My Fire – the Doors<\/p>\n
All You Need Is Love – Beatles<\/p>\n
Carrie-Anne – the Hollies<\/p>\n
Little Bit O’ Soul – Music Explosion<\/p>\n
Stoned Soul Picnic – 5th Dimension<\/p>\n
Pictures of Matchstick Men – Status Quo<\/p>\n
Hush – Deep Purple<\/p>\n
Grazing in the Grass – Friends of Distinction<\/p>\n
Honky Tonk Women – Rolling Stones<\/p>\n
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond<\/p>\n
Mama Told Me Not to Come – Three Dog Night<\/p>\n
Make It With You – Bread<\/p>\n
Yesterday Once More – Carpenters<\/p>\n
Signs – Five Man Electrical Band<\/p>\n
Rocket Man – Elton John<\/p>\n
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress) – the Hollies<\/p>\n
School’s Out – Alice Cooper<\/p>\n
Sealed With a Kiss – Brian Hyland<\/p>\n
Kodachrome – Paul Simon<\/p>\n
Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group<\/p>\n
Long Train Runnin’ – the Doobie Brothers<\/p>\n
Live and Let Die – Wings<\/p>\n
Rock the Boat – Hues Corporation<\/p>\n
Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot<\/p>\n
Rock Your Baby – George McCrae<\/p>\n
Jive Talkin’- Bee Gees<\/p>\n
One of These Nights – Eagles<\/p>\n
Take it Easy – Eagles<\/p>\n
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty<\/p>\n
Miss You – Rolling Stones<\/p>\n
Funkytown – Lipps Inc.<\/p>\n
Emotional Rescue – Rolling Stones<\/p>\n
Every Picture Tells a Story – Rod Stewart<\/p>\n
Piece of My Heart-Big Brother & the Holding Company<\/p>\n
<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
https:\/\/spoti.fi\/3BPZrCf 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p96vPs-4Xn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19058,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19057\/revisions\/19058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}