San Gabriel Valley Tribune

67 years of summer songs: Celebrating music’s hottest season

When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1958, Eddie Cochran Made His UK Chart Debut With a Song That Would Later Be a Hit for Alan Jackson, the Who, and Blue Cheer

On this day (November 7) in 1958, Eddie Cochran made his UK chart debut with “Summertime Blues.” Penned by Chochran and Jerry Capehart, the song peaked at No. 18 on the Official UK Singles Chart. It ...
Badger Herald

Simple, fun, catchy: students name songs of the summer

That’s according to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, as they warble on their 1958 jazz classic, “Summertime.” The song captures the very essence of the season — warm and enchanting. Every year, ...
CNN

How the ‘song of the summer’ became a cultural phenomenon

As the temperature outside heats up, so does the chatter around the “song of the summer” — the unofficial name for the track that becomes inescapable between Memorial Day and Labor Day. The song of ...