Here Comes Summer

"Here Comes Summer" was a 1959 song, which was written and performed by Jerry Keller.[1] The song was produced for Keller by Richard Wolf and released on London Records.[1] It reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and No. 1 for one week in the UK Singles Chart.[1][3] The song uses the opening quote from the Stephen Foster song "My Old Kentucky Home" ("The Sun Shines Bright"). It was Keller's only hit either side of the Atlantic.[1]

The Dave Clark Five version

It was also recorded by The Dave Clark Five in 1970, but was not as commercially successful. The pop band Child released the song as a single in 1979, but it also failed to enter the UK Chart.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 44. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 340.
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 103. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
Preceded by
"Only Sixteen" by Craig Douglas		 UK Singles Chart Number 1 single
Jerry Keller
9 October 1959 for 1 week 		Succeeded by
"Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin