30/10/2013
Category: rock-n-roll-dance-songs

It's hard to look past Summertime Blues when you're compiling a list of really great rock n roll dance tracks. Medium-fast pace, very strong beat and a tone that perfectly suits exciting dance - how can you go wrong.

An added benefit to Summertime Blues is that this is type of song that will appeal to younger dancers as well as the baby-boomers who grew up in the era that it's from. That aspect is enhanced by the lyrics about the frustrations of youth, aligning with the novel Catcher in The Rye from the same era.

Excerpt from Wikipedia:

"Summertime Blues" is a song co-written and recorded by American rockabilly artist Eddie Cochran.[2] It was written in the late 1950s by Cochran and his manager Jerry Capehart. Originally a single B-side, it was released in August 1958[1] and peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958 and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. It has been covered by many artists, including being a number-one hit for country music artist Alan Jackson, and scoring notable hits in versions by The Who and Blue Cheer."