George Gershwin's aria for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess, this 1957 cut features Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. The melody alone conjures up the atmosphere of a sultry summer night.
Summertime Blues
This one, written and recorded in the late fifties by Eddie Cochran has become a summertime classic covered by everyone from Alan Jackson to the Beach Boys and Van Halen to The Who.
Summer in the City
From the 60's Lovin' Spoonful gave us Summer in the City, a song that conjures up hot, muggy summers in Philadelphia from my youth. I also seem to recall WMMR in Philly played it all the time every summer.
The Summertime
Originally recorded in the 70's by Mungo Jerry, this version received a lot of airplay on Cape Cod in the summers of the early nineties.
Surfin USA
No summer playlist would be complete without something from the Beach Boys, Americas classic summer band.
Margaritaville
Like the Beach Boys above, you can't have a summer playlist without Jimmy Buffet.
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