"Memorial Day Weekend fills us with restless anticipation of how we will spend the long, hot days ahead, but it also brings fond memories of summers past, each one marked by a ubiquitous song that still has the power to bring us back to that time. Travel through the last 100 years to discover which summer songs were either released or peaked in popularity during the summer of their respective years. Some are about the summer or the stuff of summer: parties, picnics, fleeting love, nostalgia or fun. Some have that summer feeling in sound alone. Many are relevant to their times. Some have become standards. Some annoy, like a sticky day with too many mosquitoes. Others slow down time, like an unexpected breeze one hopes will never stop. Songs were chosen based on a loose criteria of release date, when they peaked in popularity, and because they help illustrate how we enjoyed music that summer."
Boston Globe (Video)
1965: "Satisfaction" - Rolling Stones
1966: "Summer In The City" - The Lovin' Spoonful
1967: "Respect" - Aretha Franklin
1968: "Dance To The Music" - Sly & The Family Stone
1969: "Come Together" - The Beatles - on - 1969: "Honky Tonk Women" - The Rolling Stones
1991: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
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