From The Vinyl Gym: Summertime Oldies – Part 1

Summer is officially here! Enjoy these “summer flavored” blasts from the past, evoking simpler times.

We recently had 3 losses in our great rock/pop world in a short period of time. This included Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Their songs still scream “fun in the sun” after all these years! The Beach Boys Medley features 8 of their songs, released as a single in ‘81, well after their heyday and it still climbed the Billboard Charts!

We also lost Sly Stone of Sly and the Family Stone. Breaking barriers, this San Francisco group was noted for “psychedelic soul.” Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock in 1969. Throughout his career, Sly worked with many artists, including George Clinton.

Rick Derringer, the lead singer/guitarist of the McCoys (Hang On Sloopy), scored his biggest solo hit in 1974, Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo. It’s a just plain fun, danceable, rockin’ tune that still stands the test of time.

We will miss them all and you’ll see their music on our Hot Summer Oldies list. Give these summer-infused oldies your own personal workout! Watch them on YouTube or load them into your favorite listening devices.

SUMMER IS HERE! It’s time for Fun Fun Fun in the sun with these classics that exude sun, beach, dancing, romancing, cruisin, surfing – and even cocktails!

HOT SUMMER OLDIES:

Soft Summer Breeze – The Diamonds ‘56

Love Letters in the Sand – Pat Boone ‘57

Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Harry Belafonte ‘57

Sea Cruise – Frankie Ford ‘59

Beyond The Sea – Bobby Darin ‘60

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N – Connie Francis ‘62

Stranger On The Shore – Andy Williams ‘62

Surfin’ U.S.A. – Beach Boys ‘63

Wipe Out – Surfaris ‘63 & ‘66 (‘87 the Fat Boys teamed up with Beach Boys and made it a hit again!)

Heatwave – Martha & the Vandellas ‘63

Hey Little Cobra ‘64

Fun Fun Fun – Beach Boys ‘64

Summer Song – Chad and Jeremy ‘64

GTO – Ronnie & the Daytonas ‘64

Under the Boardwalk – Drifters ‘64

California Sun – Rivieras ‘64

Sunshine, Lollipops And Rainbows – Leslie Gore ‘65

Good Vibrations – Beach Boys ‘66

Wouldn’t It Be Nice – Beach Boys ‘66

Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra ‘66

Summer In The City – Loving Spoonful ‘66

Distant Shores – Chad and Jeremy ‘66

Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers ‘67

Music To Watch Girls By – Bob Crewe ‘67

Dance To The Music – Sly and the Family Stone ‘68

Hot Fun In The Summertime – Sly and the Family Stone ‘69

Theme From Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures ‘69

I Want To Take You Higher – 70 Sly and the Family Stone ‘70

In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry ‘70

Montego Bay – Bobby Bloom ‘70

Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts ‘72

Beach Baby – First Class ‘74

Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo ‘74

Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet ‘77

Car Wash – Rose Royce ‘77

Summer Nights – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John ‘78

Hot Summer Nights – Night ‘79

Escape (The Pina Colada Song) -Rupert Holmes ‘79

Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson ‘80

Beach Boys Medley – Beach Boys ‘81

Sausalito Summernight – Diesel ‘81

Cool Night – Paul Davis ‘81

Little Red Corvette – Prince ‘83

Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen ‘83

Boys of Summer – Don Henley ‘84

Summer of ‘69 – Bryan Adams ‘85

Miami Vice Theme – Jan Hammer ‘85

The Heat Is On (from the film Beverly Hills Cop)– Glenn Fry ‘85

Mercedes (Boy) – Peebles ‘87

Endless Summer Nights – Richard Marx ‘88

Kokomo – Beach Boys ‘88

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MORE SUMMER OLDIES COMING SOON: CHECK BACK WITH WONDER WOMEN SIXTY FOR PART 2!