10 “Summer” Songs

The Summer Solstice will take place in a few days, and to get in the mood for summer, I’ve rounded up this list of “summer” songs.

• Summertime: From the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin, first staged in 1935
• Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer: A 1963 hit from Nat King Cole
• Summer in the City: From The Lovin’ Spoonful’s 1966 album Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful
• Hot Fun in the Summertime: A 1969 single from Sly and the Family Stone which was later included on their Greatest Hits album
• In the Summertime: Mungo Jerry had a hit with this song in 1970
• Summer Side of Life: The title track from Gordon Lightfoot’s 1971 album
• Summer Nights: One of my favorite songs from the musical Grease
• Boys of Summer: A classic summer song from Don Henley’s 1984 album Building the Perfect Beast
• Summer of ’69: This enduring song by Bryan Adams’ first appeared on his 1984 album Reckless
• Summer of Love: From the B-52’s 1986 album Bouncing Off the Satellites