Suggested Listening: Welcome Summer (and hats off to air conditioners too!) Edition: June 21, 2024

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

This is our welcome summer edition, featuring a dozen fun summer songs, to welcome the season; (and those of us who don’t like the heat, we will  celebrate air conditioners and ice cubes too!)

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On an FYI note, Suggested Listening postings are published on Fridays; and our next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, June 28, 2024.

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And here are the recommended songs of the week!

Havana Moon by Chuck Berry 

From The Album: His Best, Volume 1 – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (1997)

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Here Comes The Sun by Nina Simone

From The Album: Here Comes The Sun (2012)

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Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer by Nat King Cole

From The Album: Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer (1963)

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Let The Good Times Roll by Louis Jordan 

From The Album: The Best Of Louis Jordan (1975)

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One Summer Night by The Danleers

From The Album: One Summer Night (1958)

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On The Sunny Side Of The Street by Louis Armstrong 

From The Album: I Like Jazz: The Essence Of Louis Armstrong (1991)

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Palisades Park by Freddie Canon 

From The Album: Just My Rock & Roll Classics (2020)

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Peg by Steely Dan 

From The Album: Aja (1977)

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Saturday In The Park by Chicago 

From The Album: Chicago V (1972)

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Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran

From The Album: Eddie Cochran: The Liberty Years (2020)

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Walking To New Orleans by Fats Domino 

 From The Album: Greatest Hits: Walking To New Orleans (2007)

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Watermelon Man by Mongo Santamaria

From The Album: Mr. Watermelon Man (1963)

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And for anyone who’d like to take a deep dive into the summer songs of 1962, may I also suggest:

The American Graffiti Soundtrack (1973) by Various Artists

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Hoopla Recommended Album of The Week 

Concord On A Summers Night by The Dave Brubeck Quartet  

 

And from the album the song:

Take Five 

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Hoopla Recommend Album of the Week

 

And from the album the song:

Chilly Winds

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Have a great weekend,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

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The Digital Catalog, web version of Libby

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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The Libby App

Libby is the companion app to the Digital Catalog and may be found in the Apple & Google app.

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Hoopla

A catalog of instant check out items, including eBooks, downloadable audiobooks, comic books, TV shows and movies for patrons of the Southeast Steuben County Library.

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