It’s night time in the Big City
angry prostitutes fight over a street corner
a man gets drunk and shaves off his moustache
Time to open up the fire hydrants and have a party in the streets, because it’s summertime
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The Singers and Songs
- Billy Stewart: Summertime
- Eddie Cochran: Summertime Blues
“A song recorded many times by many people, but I don’t think that any of them did it half as good as the man who wrote it.”
- Martha & The Vandellas: (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
- Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiians: Heat Wave
- Bobby Hebb: Sunny
- Fatso Bentley: June-teenth Jamboree
- Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley: So Nice
“What would summertime be without a Samba?”
- Van Morrison: Youth of 1000 Summers
- Mr. Sad Head: Hot Weather Blues
“One of my favorite names in all of music. He could have called himself Heavy-hearted Head, Melancholy Head, Mournful Head, or Sorrow Head, Unhappy Head, Blue Head, or Dejected Head, Down Head or Dispirited head, but instead, he called himself Mr. Sad Head. It fits better on the label.”
- Lovin’ Spoonful: Summer in the City
“Let’s get it goin'”
- Prince Buster: Too Hot
“He was a boxer when he was young, but gave it up to follow his musical dreams, he had great success and didn’t have to take a haymaker to the jaw. This song Too Hot is not referring to the weather but to the state of Kingston in 1967, as rude boy violence raged on and police cowered under the onslaught and the government threatened to bring in the army to restore order.”.
- Mungo Jerry: In the Summertime
- John Brim: Ice Cream Man
- Dave Alvin: Fourth of July
- Sly & the Family Stone: Hot Fun in the Summertime
“The band really was a family affair, with his brother Fred on guitar, his sister Rosie on piano, and other assorted family members helping out. Sly disappeared for a bunch of years, but he recently showed up on the Grammies. Welcome back, Sly.”
(Click here for complete notes on this episode at The Bob Dylan Fan Club)
