The Jamies - Summertime, Summertime

[clintonh]

Ah such great memories!

[Doctorfreek]

is that George Carlin singing?

[ETonCrack]

@Foxy214 did you work at tom thumb? that's where I work and they play it all the freaking time! ugh it is annoying

[Gregster98]

IM SO BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION!!!!!

[madbob5a]

Nice to see girls with a bit of flesh on them, not like today, when they all think they've got to look like sticks.

[alderic64]

I read where Robert Paolucci of the Jamies later became a monk

[oheart]

My cousin, Arthur Blair was the deep voice in this group. At the time he and his mom, Winnie, lived on Wrentham St. in Dorchester. One day I was over there and the rest of the Jaimies came over and practiced there.

[desert3347]

I can't belive that I remember some of the "dancers" on Bandstand.

I Love this song.........

[John1948SIxC]

@gloheart1 Bunny Gibson is on YouTube and has joined in on the comments on a couple of my uploads. She and the others were big celebrities!

[peterikarlstad]

This tune is in the movie "Fingers" starring Harvey Keitel, which is how i discovered it. Someone should do a punk version of this song. Someone probably already have...

[jdollinter]

The dancing appears to be from American Bandstand '57-58 ?

[funtyrone]

my favorite summer song indeed! even though i'm not a 50's born, i thought of this song during my high school years! be all, peace out, teach!

[philotimos923]

I loved this song when it came out...I was into a semi-serious relationship with the girl next door, literally, and I think of her every time I hear it. It didn't make the Top Ten (#14), but it has become a classic since 1958.

[theboomer61]

Can't get enough of this song. The younger Jameson girl really dominates the song with her voiice.

[TaylorMasonTV]

I'm sitting in a cube right now...next to the nephew of these two singers...he just told me. COOOOOL. His uncle wrote this...My mind is blown.

[Foxy214]

This used to be played at my work EVERY 20 minutes. O_o

[mamma145]

I can even remember some of these kids by name...some were my favs on American Banstand...Memories !

[tahuti51]

The girls that are all dressed alike in those long, hideously ugly uniforms are from my HS alma mater, West Philadelphia Catholic Girls HS aka "The Cow Palace"lol! Dick Clark's American Bandstand was around the corner from our school so the girls would go straight there after last period. The show moved to Los Angeles the same year that would be a freshman so I never got to be on the dance floor. Damn you, Fate, damn you!!!

[gordon2453]

not dancing to this but great clips of the AMERICAN BANDSTAND REGULARS back in the late 50,s; love it!

[SEVFEST]

I Love this song Thanx for the post thumbs up... Check out Mary Hopkin's version of this song (under the name of Hobby Horse) she did a pretty nice cover....

[mgwilliams1000]

At the ball park 40 years earlier in life...sigh. Sitting in the dugout drinking pop and listening to this on a small transistor radio, telling each other how bad we played. Went to sleep early that night with the fan in the window, and up again early to do it all over again.

[nkscates13]

I always seems a little slower on cd, i still love my lp player

[missohio83]

I remember this song use to kinda scare me when I was younger for some reason lol!

[andwen66]

1 idiot did not like this

[ccalll1]

That one lady in the front got a little beDunk in the trunk.

[juicemakesugar]

What are you eating? Shrimp? Are you gonna tell me this song doesn't go with your shrimp?

[fenderstcaster]

somerti～me‐♪

[paddyosee]

Hmmmmm...this sounds like my 45, except the 45 doesn't have the 'percussion' in the background....

[fredo5115]

Woops. Sorry.  But they really danced this slow to fast songs.

[fredo5115]

I have the original 45 of this song. It is the same speed as the CD. The dancer's are from Dick Clark's American Bandstand show. They were regulars. The blonde was really hot. But she knew it. They were actually dancing to this song.

[la200o]

@fredo5115

Just love that sulky blonde!

[19111ellyc]

@fredo5115 Probably Justine Carelli. She was a real snot.

[fredo5115]

@19111ellyc Yo, you are right on target.

[19111ellyc]

@fredo5115 Her and her doofus boyfriend Bob who thought he had the real 'prize'. I grew up in Philly and remember it ALL so well.

[fredo5115]

@19111ellyc

Did you ever go to American Bandstand. Were you on TV? I loved Dick Clarks Saturday show too. I remember when Boby Darin sang Splish Splash on it. Did you know any of the Philadelphia singer ie. Bobby Rydell, Fabian etc. What did you think of Dick Clark getting away with payola and not Alan Freed?

[19111ellyc]

@fredo5115 I myself, no never. Was too young. I remember Dick Clark's Beechnut Spearmint hour and Summertime on the Pier in summer on Atlantic City's Steel Pier on saturdays as well. Didn't know Fabian or Bobby or Fankie personally but met them many times throughout the years. They lived in S. Philly. I was up in the NE. In Alan Freed's case, I doubt it had a lot to do with payola, more to do with the racial issue since Alan promoted a lot of black groups. Dick was the goody 2 shoes KWIM?

[jonlarkster]

are these guys really dancing to this ? i don`t think so.

[John1948SIxC]

@jonlarkster You are right. The dancers are just some dance clips I found online.

[soldmeout]

Is it my imagination or is the CD version slightly slower than the original 45 version?

[John1948SIxC]

@soldmeout I think it's probably your imagination but who knows for sure,

[dbcooper714]

@soldmeout I used to think all sorts of songs were playing slow when i'd hear them played anywhere but on my record player,then i realized my old turntable ran a bit fast,,,lol true even to this day some songs sound slow to me cause i listened to them so many times on that old turntable.

[BJSwinford]

@soldmeout Perhaps. The label on the 45-rpm record on the video shows that the song is 1:40 long, but this video is 20 seconds longer.

[rigaudien]

@soldmeout Correct speed, sorry !

[binny29]

Great post. I love the American Bandstand memories. Those were the days.....

Thanks for posting this.

[GordonMorrice]

This great tune was used to hilarious effect in the 1978 film, "FINGERS" starring Harvey Keitel.

[mayberry5000]

a great mix - no tinniness. Thx for putting in the effort for this classic one-hit wonder.

[spurtong]

This afternoon, (7/24/10, ) during a Phillies/Rockies baseball game, Tim McCarver informed Dick Stockton and tv viewers that Sherm Fellers co-wrote this little gem-of-a-tune, (along with Tom Jameson, unmentioned). I never knew that, (nor cared,) while happily zipping along on my bike while humming and singing these great lyrics and melody as an eleven year old. It's nice to know now, though.

[John1948SIxC]

@spurtong Yeah, back in the day I didn't know who half the singers were much less the songwriters. Mostly we just listened to the radio when we were in the car. If we weren't in the car we were probably doing something more active than listening to music.

[johnxavierie]

@spurtong ........................uhh what?

[TopazDupree]

Great summer song. I remember watching these kids dance on TV in the late 1950s... Bob & Justine, Kenny & Arlene, and Pat M. (the best dancer on the show). ♫♥♫

[spayspay]

Thanks!

[vinmanc1]

Such a great song. memories of the wonder of school ending and the long long summer fun ahead.. thx

[CecilTBarbaraG]

lol, it is summa-time!

[clintonh2]

Thanks for your efforts to post this.