DO YOU REMEMBER? Billboard #1 HOT 100 (This Week in 1966) The Lovin Spoonful: Summer in the City Summer in the City is a song recorded by The Lovin Spoonful, written by Mark Sebastian (brother of John Sebastian) and Steve Boone. It appeared on their album Hums of the Lovin Spoonful, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966. When at Blair Academy, Mark Sebastian submitted the lyrics as a poem for the literary magazine. That poem, entitled Summer In the City, had the refrain but at night its a different world, go out and find a girl, come on, come on and dance all night, despite the heat itll be alright, and babe dont you know its a pity, the days cant be like the night, in the summer in the city. His older brother John changed the slower verses to a more upbeat model, keeping the title and the refrain. Marks part remains as he wrote it, words and music. Bassist Steve Boone added the instrumental coda in the middle. The song features a series of car horns during the instrumental bridge, starting with a Volkswagen Beetle horn, and ends up with a jackhammer sound, in order to give the impression of the sounds of the summer in the city. The song is ranked number 401 on Rolling Stones list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The Lovin Spoonful youtu.be/m648v4s5sFc .
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:00:01 +0000
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