Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer. Show all posts

Friday, July 27, 2012

THE GREATEST NUMBER ONE HIT EVER - LIGHT MY FIRE

This is the anniversary of my all time favorite song reaching Number One on the Billboard chart as well as many Top 40 radio station surveys (WMCA New York survey above). It is "Light My Fire" by the Doors. Yes, it is true the song was a hit (exactly) two years before I was born, but it has always been a favorite of mine. Many people of my age group became interested in the Doors after a greatest hits LP starting selling strong in the early 80s and a book about Jim Morrison called No One Here Gets Out Alive became a best seller. Rolling Stone even ran a cover story on the reknewed interest in Jim Morrison entitled, "He's hot. He's sexy. He's dead." The song was around several months before it starting getting airplay on Top 40 around the country because of it's seven minute plus length. It was edited for radio down to about three minutes and thirty seconds. It became a radio favorite and one of the greatest summertime hits. Here is video of the Doors doing the short version live.

Friday, July 1, 2011

DESDINOVA PICKS THE 60 BEST SUMMER SONGS

Once again I stole an idea from KY-3's Ethan Forhetz. One the KYTV website this week Ethan picked his 10 favorite summer songs. Like last time, I couldn't stop at only ten, I went to sixty again.

  1. Walking On Sunshine    Katrina & The Waves
  2. Summer In The City    The Lovin' Spoonful
  3. Good Vibrations    The Beach Boys
  4. The First Day Of Summer    Tony Carey
  5. Summertime        Billy Stewart
  6. Soak Up The Sun    Sheryl Crow
  7. Magic        The Cars
  8. Hot Fun In The Summertime    Sly & The Family Stone
  9. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran/Blue Cheer/The Who
  10. Saturday In The Park        Chicago
  11. Summer Rain       Johnny River
  12. Summer Breeze      Seals & Crofts
  13. Cheap Sunglasses    ZZ Top
  14. Hot In The City    Billy Idol
  15. Cruel Summer    Bananarama
  16. Heat of the Moment   Asia
  17. School's Out        Alice Cooper
  18. Pleasant Valley Sunday    The Monkees
  19. Beach Baby    First Class
  20. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)    Katy Perry
  21. Kokomo          The Beach Boys
  22. Light My Fire       The Doors
  23. Twisting By The Pool      Dire Straits
  24. Vacation    The Go-Go's
  25. Heat Wave    Linda Ronstadt
  26. Echo Beach    Martha & The Muffins
  27. Paper Sun    Traffic
  28. Rio    Duran Duran
  29. Boy On a Roof   The Outnumbered
  30. Goin' Crazy!    David Lee Roth
  31. Short Shorts      The Royal Teens
  32. Sausalito Summernight    Diesel
  33. Summertime, Summertime    The Jamies
  34. Turn Down Day    The Cyrkle
  35. Under The Boardwalk    The Drifters
  36. September   Earth, Wind and Fire
  37. I Got A Line On You          Spirit
  38. The Theme From "A Summer Place"    The Percy Faith Orchestra
  39. Summertime Girls    Y&T
  40. Bummer In The Summer    Love
  41. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini    Brian Hyland
  42. A Summer Song    Chad & Jeremy
  43. Come On Down To My Boat       Every Mother's Son
  44. Beautiful Girls    Van Halen
  45. Holidays In The Sun     Sex Pistols
  46. Black Water    The Doobie Brothers
  47. Fun, Fun, Fun       The Beach Boys
  48. Gimme Little Sign    Brenton Wood
  49. Here Comes Summer      The Dave Clark Five
  50. Cool Change   Little River Band
  51. Rockaway Beach    The Ramones
  52. Grazing In The Grass        The Friends Of Distinction
  53. Sunshine Of Your Love    Cream
  54. Moonlight Feels Right    Starbuck
  55. We're An American Band    Grand Funk Railroad
  56. Born To Run    Bruce Springsteen
  57. Hello, I Love You            The Doors
  58. Long Hot Summer    The Style Council
  59. All Day Music          War
  60. Summer Holiday    Cliff Richard
  61. One Summer Night    The Danleers



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