July 2, 2020
Given the official start of summer recently, what are some of your favorite summer songs of all-time?
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R Dub! Z90: Kool & The Gang “Summer Madness,” Isley Bros. “Summer Breeze,” A.L.T. and the Lost Civilization “Hot Summer Breeze” and Billy Stewart “Summertime.” Heat!!!!!
Jagger, WKSS: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime,” Mark Morrison “Return of The Mack,” Nelly “Hot In Here,” TLC “Waterfalls.” Currently, “Adore You” and “Rain On Me” are the top two for summer of 2020! Jon Zellner, iHeartMedia: “Cruel Summer,” “Boys of Summer,” “Good Vibrations,” “Summertime,” “Suddenly Last Summer,” “All Summer Long,” “Summer of ’69.” Mike “OD” O’Donnell, WKRZ: “Cake By The Ocean” by DNCE, Lady Gaga “Bad Romance,” DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime.”
Erik Bradley, B96: My all-time fave song of summer was the one I remember from high school graduation time Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” |
Justin Chase, Beasley Media Group: I like summer songs that make me imagine being on vacation sitting on the beach somewhere. Like “Margaritaville,” or any song by 311, or Weezer “Island In The Sun.”
Matt Johnson, KSLZ: Whichever ones get the most listeners to tune in and spend time listening! Bartel, WKTU: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime,” Afrojack “Summer Thing,” The Underground Project ” Summer Jam.” Bob Patrick, WXLK: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime” is the beginning, middle and end of my list. The penultimate summer song that will never ever get tired of hearing. Much like a Christmas song, though, once the season is over it must go away until next year. Fish, WKRZ: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime,” LFO “Summer Girls,” OMC “How Bizarre.”
Terri Ray, WKLT: Y&T “Summertime Girls,” Kim Mitchell “Go For a Soda,” Jackyl “Down on Me.” Max Volume, KOZZ: Van Halen “Summer Nights.” |
Josh Wolff, WAEB: The first song that comes to mind when I think summer is “Hot In Here” by Nelly. Rick Vaughn, KENZ: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime,” it all starts and ends there with me!
Dom Theodore, Radio Animal Media Strategies: How can you go wrong with Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime?!” Kobe, @kobeontheradio: Stevie B “Spring Love,” LFO “Summer Girls,” Len “Steal My Sunshine.”
Heather Deluca, WSJO: “Summertime” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince holds the title. And, “Cruel Summer” by Bananarama. But in recent years, “Summer Love” by Justin Timberlake, I LOVE LOVE “Cool For The Summer” by Demi Lovato (such a hot track), and I think Maroon 5‘s “This Summer’s Gonna Hurt” didn’t get enough credit. Also, Taylor Swift’s ‘Cruel Summer’ (not a cover) is fun. |
Mark Adams, KYLD & KIOI: Bananarama “Cruel Summer,” Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues,” The Motels “Suddenly Last Summer,” Seals & Croft “Summer Breeze,” Bryan Adams “Summer of ‘69,” DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime,” and Don Henley “The Boys of Summer.”
JB King, KLUC: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime” still puts a smile on my face. LFO “Summer Girls.”
Jonathan Shuford, WRVW: “Summer Love” by Justin Timberlake is up there, that one’s fantastic and withstands the test of time. “Rude” by MAGIC!, and “Fly” by Sugar Ray.
Java Joel, WAKS: I remember “Summer” by War from when I was an itty bitty kid. My Mom had it on a K-Tel album… and almost 29 summers later, DJ Jazzy & The Fresh Prince‘s “Summertime” stillsounds good to my ears. Honorable mention to the song it sampled- “Summer Madness” by Kool & The Gang.
Kevin Kash, WWEG: The Go-Go’s “Vacation,” Alice Cooper “School’s Out,” Sublime “Doin’ Time.”
Randi West, WRMF: Too many to mention but two stand out in my head from specific times in my career: DMX Party Up” from back in the day, and LMFAO “Party Rock Anthem.”
Jammer, WEZB: Lil Suzy “Take Me In Your Arms,” 2 Live Crew ” Me So Horny,” 2 In A Room “Wiggle It.”
Eliott King, Q102: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince “Summertime” and Calvin Harris “Summer.”What are you doing in a programming/promotional sense to compensate for the loss of ongoing concert generating promotions and the restrictions on local events in general?
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