Welcome to Summer - By George

Welcome to Summer - By George

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Welcome to summer. If you were unaware, today - June 20 - and not tomorrow ushers in the first day of summer for 2020.

To get us in the mood By George is releasing the Top-Ten Summertime Tunes Playlist. Enjoy the songs - and the videos. Let us know if one of your favourites was overlooked...

And if you missed it, we have been posting my poetry in the By George Journal. There are now more than 100 poems tagged and archived - or just check out this link to my dozen favourite poems.

Enjoy the heat of the day! C rank up the tunes and have a great start to the summer!

Chris

The By George Top-Ten

Summertime Tunes Playlist

To begin, here are a few songs that did not make the top ten, but deserve to be mentioned for consideration on everyone's summertime playlist:

Fishin in the Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts

Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

School's Out - Alice Cooper

Old Town Road - Lil Nas X

California Girls - David Lee Roth

Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran

The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen

Here are the By George Top Ten ( in reverse order to build the suspense)!

#10 - Summer in the City - The Lovin Spoonful

#9 - Chattahoochee - Alan Jackson

#8 - Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams (our Canadian content)

#7 - Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters

#6 - Summertime - Kenny Chesney (and this is a great video)

#5 - Here's a bolt of energy courtesy of Katrina and the Waves - Walking on Sunshine

#4 - Everybody's favourite fun tune, In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry

#3 Dancing in the Streets - sizzlin' Martha Reeves and The Vandellas - and here's the dynamic duo of Mike Jagger and David Bowie performing Dancing in the Streets

#2 - Classic Beach Boys mix:

Surfin' USA / Barbara Ann / Good Vibrations

#1 - The all-time favourite anthem of lazy, beachside fun: Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet

By George Newsletters

Over the past two months, as we all have been bombarded with troublesome pandemic news, By George has published a series of newsletters to offer a diversion and, hopefully, provide some laughter. In case you missed any of these missives, here are direct links:

Punny Stuff (1)

Punny Stuff (2)

The Punmiester

Ode to April Sports: Hockey

Ode to April Sports: Baseball

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