Summertime's Calling Me

"Summertime's Calling Me"
Single by The Catalinas
A-side "Summertime's Calling Me"
Released December 1975
Format 45R.P.M. single
Recorded December 1975
Genre Beach Music
Length 2:53 (single version)
3:07 (album version)
Label Sugarbush Records (#114)
Songwriter(s) Johnny Barker
Wayne Jurnegan[1]
Producer(s) Johnny Barker
The Sugarbush single release is shorter than the version released now (which runs 3:07) and the organ is more pronounced in the single version.

Summertime's Calling Me is a song written by Johnny Barker, then of the beach music band The Catalinas, in December 1975. Originally released as a 45rpm single on Sugarbush Records, the song initially had slow growth on the Beach Music scene.[2] Today, however, it is regarded as one of the most influential and favorite Beach Music songs of all time (ranging between #s 4-7 depending on the source).[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Johnny Barker's website which lists Wayne Jurnegan as a co-writer
  2. ↑ Fessa John Hook's beach music page features a notation about Summertime's Calling Me not being a hit in 1975 nor 1976
  3. ↑ The Catalinas' website which lists Summertime's Calling Me as#4
  4. ↑ On The Beach All-time Beach Music Top 40 Countdown which lists Summertime's Calling Me as #7
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