…and what a Summer it was, especially if you were under eighteen (I was five, and it was still one of my all-time favorite Summers).

With the Beatles and Motown competing for chart dominance and the British Invasion starting to overwhelm the charts, not to mention the Beach Boys seemingly getting more interesting with each single, the future looked bright once again.

Rock and roll was back with a vengeance, with a new R&B edge added, for good measure. Even Chuck Berry was back on the charts!

Featured tracks include:

Don’t Worry Baby – The Beach Boys

Beans in My Ears – The Serendipity Singers

A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles

Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes

Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters

C’mon and Swim – Bobby Freeman

The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals

Because – The Dave Clark Five

Baby I Need Your Loving – The Four Tops

And I Love Her – The Beatles

I’ll Cry Instead – The Beatles

You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berry