Song Information Song Title: Theme Time Episode 10: Summer Artist: Theme Time Radio Hour [Visit artist website] Album: Theme Time Radio Hour Season 1 Track Number: Length: Last Played: Last Requested: 10 59 minutes, 47 seconds Monday, November 24 @ 7:02 AM Never Information Information provided courtesy of the Bob Dylan Fan Club's annotated Theme Time project at http://www.thebobdylanfanclub.com/themetime/ where you'll find even more info/links than included here Summer 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, ‘cause it's summertime” The Singers and the Songs Billy Stewart – Summertime is on "One More Time: The Chess Years", or compilation "Chess Club Rhythm & Soul" etc. 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.” is on pretty much every Cochran collection going, as well as many generic rock 'n' roll compilations. Martha & The Vandellas– (Love Is Like A) Heatwave as with the Temptations and Stevie Wonder tracks earlier on, this classic is on immense numbers of Motown collections. Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiins – Heat Wave I had thought the only source for this was a now deleted CD called "Honolulu To Hollywood", but some googling tonight has turned up an Australian Record label, Cumquat Records who have a number of Hawaiian CDs in their lists. The relevant one for us is called "Tropical Heatwave Vol. 1" which contains not only this song, but the other Sol K. Bright item featured on TTRH, namely Hawaiian Cowboy. * a note: having ordered a copy of the Cumquat CD, I can say, first, that it is generally very good. Noise reduction is on the lower end of the interventionist scale, but the crackle-level not offensive. Unfortunately, it has to be reported that a defective copy of Heatwave appears to have been used. There are a couple of what sound like cuts, where the transfer engineer may have chopped a fraction of a second out. Any reason for this has to be speculation on my part; maybe the record jumped at those points. In any case, this is not something I recalled from TTRH. I was able to locate another internet radio station playlist, and take a listen to the track - taken, it is claimed, from the "Honolulu To Hollywood" disc. This version does NOT have these defects, so I have to recommend holding out for a copy of this disc as a first choice. There is a lot of good stuff on the Australian issue though for Hawaiian enthusiasts. Bobby Hebb – Sunny this song features on quite a number of compilations, including Ace's "Chartbusters USA Vol. 2". Bobby's own "Sunny" album is also on CD should you wish to go that far. Fatso Bentley – June-teenth Jamboree is another of those records lacking in wide availability. The only source I'm aware of is a set called "Jukebox Swing: The Best Of Swing-O-Rama". *note:the individual volumes of the Swing-O-Rama set can be had on their own. For those who might prefer that route, this song can be found on volume 3. Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley – So Nice “What would summertime be without a Samba?” is on a couple of Gilberto anthologies, such as "Astrud Gilberto's Finest Hour". Van Morrison – Youth of 1,000 Summers is from Van's album "Enlightenment". Unfortunately, much of his catalogue seems to be deleted at time of writing. Hopefully, new editions are in the pipeline 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.” this is not currently available to the best of my knowledge. Last known outing was on "Rock 'N' Roll Party Vol. 1: The Early 50s" which commands quite high secondhand prices. Lovin' Spoonful – Summer in the City “Let's get it goin!” there are quite a few Lovin' Spoonful best of albums about. This track is however, also on a disc mentioned before in this section, ie, "Chartbusters USA Vol. 2" on Ace. Prince Buster (Cecil Campbell) – 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.” great song. This is on "Fabulous Greatest Hits". Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime there are many inexpensive compilations of this band's hits. However, avoid one called "All The Hits And More", as these are re-recorded versions John Brim – Ice Cream Man this is on "1950-1953" on Classics, has been on a few Chess compilations recently, and also puts in an appearance on a UK CD, "Tom Waits' Jukebox". Dave Alvin – Fourth of July is on "King Of California". 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 a years, but he recently showed up on the Grammies. Welcome back Sly.” is on "The Essential Sly & The Family Stone" or "Greatest Hits". Other Singers, Players, Etc. The Gershwin Brothers Bo Diddley Holland-Dozier-Holland Bill Akamuhou Irving Berlin Anton Chekov JFK Harold Hebb (Bobby Hebb's brother who died in a knife fight) Roy Akoff Aristotle Stan Getz Tennessee Williams “One of my favorite play-writes, not to be confused with ” Tennessee Ernie Ford John Sebastian Dave Van Ronk Dirty Dozen Jug Band The Mug Walks The Mamas and The Papas Gabe Caplin Ray Dorset Little Walter Phil Alvin The Blasters The Knitters Exene John Doe X The Guests Astrid Gilberto The Record Labels Motown The Places Honolulu Texas Bahai , Brazil Greenwich Village Kingston Other Songs and Albums Hawaiian Scotsman Girl From Impanima Enlightenment The Poets Emily Dickinson (Def Poetess) Robert Louis Stevenson (Slightly Def Poet) T.S. Elliot The Movies, Shows, etc. Charlie Chan's Greatest Case Flirtation Walk South Sea Rose Grand Ole Opry Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sweet Bird of Youth Welcome Back Kotter Cats -- Andrew Lloyd Weber “I'd rather listen to Mungo Jerry This show had lots of old time radio station jingles. One of them, with a little help from DJ Bob, goes: “Why is everybody listening to this DJ? Why is everybody mad about his style? For music that's best stay tuned to – Bob interjects: Theme Time Radio Hour! – for a while!” “Just because the days are longer in the summer doesn't mean we can stay here longer than an hour. That means we gotta go. Some I'm gonna go out, sit on the bank by a clear river, throw my draperies off, water my lawn, tack up some mosquito netting, slice myself a watermelon, and just watch the mercury rise. They say the earth's warmin' up; be careful of that global warming, and wear your sunscreen. I'll see you all next week on Theme Time Radio Hour. Put on your shades.”