[Hulka]

Summer (The First Time), Bobby Goldsboro.

[fieldmarshaldj]

“Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”

[MestaMachine]

A Summer Place - The Lettermen

[caver]

Great list!

You must be older than me...... (grin...)

[svcw]

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.

[SMGFan]

Summer Nights - Grease

[MestaMachine]

Surfer Girl - The Beachboys

[Steely Tom]

Mungo Jerry: In The Summertime

Reunion: Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)

[jobim]

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.

[Crusher138]

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.

[CH3CN]

“Home-grown Tomatoes”

[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

[A Cyrenian]

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

A perfect summer time song.

[Twotone]

Green Leaves of Summer - Brothers Four

[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)

[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

[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!