The Slice: Getting in tune with memories

See if The Slice can read your mind.

I’ll list some old songs that were No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts on this date. Then I will guess what memory is prompted today by the thought of that summertime tune.

Now seasonal nostalgia is not a one-size-fits-all thing. We aren’t all the same age, of course. And we haven’t had identical experiences. But here are my guesses.

2008: “I Kissed a Girl”: Lying in the grass and looking at stars.

1992: “Baby Got Back”: A smiling girl in a red swimsuit and sunglasses.

1991: “(Everything I Do) I Do it for You”: The “I think we should see other people when we go away to college” talk.

1986: “Sledgehammer”: First summer job and that one particular co-worker.

1984: “When Doves Cry”: The last inning for the world’s best dog.

1982: “Eye of the Tiger”: Camping and that leaky canoe.

1979: “Bad Girls”: Fighting with your mother about clothes.

1975: “The Hustle”: Why didn’t someone tell me my hair looked ridiculous?

1973: “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”: “I don’t know how to tell you this, but I just learned my family is moving to Texas.”

1970: “(They Long to Be) Close to You”: Riding home in the family truckster after going 5 for 5 in a Little League game.

1969: “In the Year 2525”: Reefer madness.

1967: “Light My Fire”: Miniature golf and swirly ice cream cones.

1966: “Hanky Panky”: Acquiring some interesting new lifestyle skills at summer camp.

1965: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”: Making out at a party with someone who smelled like chlorine.

1964: “Rag Doll”: Playing .45s in the basement.

1958: “Hard-Headed Woman”: A come-hither look never pursued.

1955: “Rock Around the Clock”: A car that rumbled like a muscular storm.

1951: “Come On-A My House”: That one guy who could really dance.

1950: “Mona Lisa”: Sitting on your grandmother’s porch and hearing family stories.

1944: “I’ll Be Seeing You”: Waiting for the mail to come.

Today’s Slice question: What local kid has caught the most night crawlers this summer?