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Your Voices: What song reminds you of summer?

Q: Five people in the parking lot of Hastings, 2512 E. 29th Ave., were asked: “What song reminds you the most of summertime?”

Iris Thompson, South Hill: “That Don Henley song, ‘Boys of Summer.’ It made you want to go to the beach.” (Click to listen)






Kim Riggers, South Hill: “ ‘Hot August Night’ by Neil Diamond. When I was a kid, my parents were big Neil Diamond fans.” (Click to listen to the album)






Ron Hudson, South Hill: “It’s by a fella named Mungo. I think it was called ‘In the Summertime.’ I remember driving from Texas to California (listening to it) before I went to Vietnam. It’s about this gal and he sings about summertime.” (Click to listen)




Bruce Rogers, South Hill: “The song ‘Summertime’ (by George Gershwin). When you are as old as I am, you know all the old ones.” (Listen to the track)






Deborah Rose, South Hill: “It’s a specific summer. ‘When you are going to San Francisco, be sure to wear flowers in your hair.’ 1972. That summer, I went to San Francisco. The cable car driver stopped the cable car by the flower vendor and bought me a bunch of flowers to remember San Francisco.” (Click to listen)