Here are 10 songs for July 4th—gateway to the summer....
Percy Faith's Theme From Summer Place (1960)...
Frankie Valli's Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (1967)...
The Supremes' Where Did Our Love Go (1964)...
The Happenings' See You in September (1966)...
Lovin' Spoonful's Summer in the City (1966)...
The Sapphires' Who Do You Love (1964)...
Jackie Wilson's Whispers (Getting Louder) (1966)...
Tommy James and the Shondells' Crystal Blue Persuasion (1969)...
Sonny and Cher's I Got You Babe (1965)...
And Hugh Masakela's Grazin' in the Grass (1968)...
This story appears courtesy of JazzWax by Marc Myers.
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