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Pop Focus: Hit summer songs of the 60s and 70s

Here's one from the archives: It's time to put together those hot summer playlists again!

Music certainly evokes memories. Just a song, or set of songs, can put you right back in a certain period of your life.

That's the idea of the list below. All these songs hit the U.S. Top 10 at some point during the summers of their respective years. Most aren't about summer, but many have a summer vibe. And they certainly were on car radios, jukeboxes and turntables while school was out and temperatures were high.

1960
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
Swingin' School - Bobby Rydell
Alley-Oop - Hollywood Argyles
Because They're Young - Duane Eddy
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Do Bikini - Brian Hyland
When Will I Be Loved - The Everly Brothers
Walk, Don't Run - The Ventures
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond
Volare - Bobby Rydell
Chain Gang - Sam Cooke
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne

1961
Stand By Me - Ben E. King
Tossin' and Turnin' - Bobby Lewis
Those Oldies But Goodies - Little Caesar and the Romans
Yellow Bird - Artur Lyman Group
Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
Michael - The Highwaymen
Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker
School is Out - Gary U.S. Bonds
Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp) - Barry Mann
Last Night - The Mar-Keys
Take Good Care of My Baby - Bobby Vee
Little Sister - Elvis Presley

1962
I Can't Stop Lovin' You - Ray Charles
Stranger on the Shore - Mr. Acker Bilk
Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
Mashed Potato Time - Dee Dee Sharp
Shout! Shout! (Knock Yourself Out) - Ernie Maresca
Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon
Seven Day Weekend - Gary U.S. Bonds
The Wah Watusi - The Orion
Breaking Up is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka
Ahab the Arab - Ray Stevens
The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
Speedy Gonzale - Pat Boone
If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary

1963
It's My Party - Lesley Gore
If You Wanna Be Happy - Jimmy Soul
Surfin' U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
Da Doo Ron Ron - The Crystals
I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March
One Fine Day - The Chiffon
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole
Surf City - Jan and Dean
Wipe Out - The Surfaris
Fingertips Pt. 2 - Little Stevie Wonder
(You're the) Devil in Disguise - Elvis Presley
Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh - Alan Sherman
Just One Look - Doris Troy
My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels
Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

1964
Chapel of Love- The Dixie Cups
Hello, Dolly - Louis Armstrong
A World Without Love - Peter and Gordon
No Particular Place to Go - Chuck Berry
I Get Around - The Beach Boys
My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
The Girl from Impanema - Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Dang Me - Roger Miller
A Hard Day's Night- The Beatles
Wishin' and Hopin' - Dusty Springfield
C'mon and Swim - Bobby Freeman
Where Did Our Love Go - The Supremes
Bread and Butter - The Newbeats

1965
Help Me, Rhonda - The Beach Boys
Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits
It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones
Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
I Can't Help Myself - The Four Tops
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
What the World Needs Now is Love - Jackie DeShannon
You Turn Me On - Ian Whitcomb
Yes, I'm Ready - Barbara Mason
I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher
I Like it Like That - The Dave Clark Five
Unchained Melody- The Righteous Brothers
California Girls - The Beach Boys
Help! - The Beatles
Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown

1966
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge
A Groovy Kind of Love - The Mindbenders
Monday, Monday - The Mamas and Papas
Paint it Black - The Rolling Stones
Rainy Day Women #12 and #35 - Bob Dylan
Good Lovin' - The Little Rascals
Barefootin' - Robert Parker
Cool Jerk - The Capitols
Red Rubber Ball - The Cyrkle
Hanky Panky - Tommy James and the Shondells
Paperback Writer - The Beatles
Wild Thing - The Troggs
The Pied Piper- Crispian St. Peters
Sweet Pea - Tommy Roe
Along Comes Mary - The Association
Hungry - Paul Revere and the Raiders
Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs
Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
Mothers Little Helper - The Rolling Stones
They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV
Somewhere My Love - Ray Conniff and the Singers
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
You Can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
Summertime - Billy Stewart

1967
Groovin' - The Young Rascals
The Happening - The Supremes
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles
Little Bit of Soul - The Music Explosion
Windy - The Association
Mirage - Tommy James and the Shondells
Let's Live for Today - The Grass Roots
San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flower in Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
Sunday Will Never Be the Same - Spanky and Our Gang
Come on Down to My Boat - Every Mother's Son
Don't Sleep in the Subway - Petula Clark
Up-Up and Away - The 5th Dimension
Light My Fire - The Doors
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
I Was Made to Love Her - Stevie Wonder
Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees
All You Need is Love - The Beatles
Carrie-Anne - The Hollies
A Girl Like You - The Young Rascals

1968
Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel
Tighten Up - Archie Bell and the Drells
This Guy's in Love with You - Herb Alpert
Mony Mony - Tommy James and the Shondells
A Beautiful Morning - The Rascals
Yummy Yummy Yummy - Ohio Expess
The Horse - Cliff Nobles and Co.
Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masakela
Stoned Soul Picnic - The 5th Dimension
Indian Lake - The Cowsills
Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Hello, I Love You - The Doors
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
People Got to Be Free - The Rascals
I Can't Stop Dancing - Archie Bell and the Drells

1969
Get Back - The Beatles
Grazing in the Grass - The Friend of Distinction
Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine - The 5th Dimension
One - Three Dog Night
Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat and Tears
Israelites - Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and the Shondells
My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder
Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon

1970
Everything is Beautiful - Ray Stevens
Cecelia - Simon and Garfunkel
Hitchin' a Ride - Vanity Fare
O-o-h Child - The Five Stairsteps
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours - Stevie Wonder
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry

1971
Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters
It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King
Treat Her Like a Lady - The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed
You've Got a Friend - James Taylor
That's the Way I've Always Heard it Should Be - Carly Simon
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
Draggin' the Line - Tommy James and the Shondells
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye

1972
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
The Candy Man - Sammy Davis, Jr.
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stavens
Tumbling Dice - The Rolling Stones
Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
Outa-Space - Billy Preston
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Rocket Man - Elton John
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Where is the Love - Robert Flack and Donny Hathaway
Coconut - Nilsson
Hold Your Head Up - Argent
I'm Still in Love With You - Al Green

1973
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) - George Harrison
Kodachrome - Paul Simon
Right Place Wrong Time - Dr. John
Shambala - Three Dog Night
Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Live and Let Die - Wings
Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye
Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy

1974
The Streak - Ray Stevens
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
Dancing Machine - The Jackson 5
The Entertainer - Marvel Hamlisch
Midnight at the Oasis - Maria Muldauer
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
If You Love Me (Let Me Know) - Olivia Newton John
Hollywood Swinging - Kool and the Gang
Rock the Boat - The Hues Corporation
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
Waterloo - Abba
Tell Me Something Good - Rufus

1975
Thank God I'm a Country Boy - John Denver
How Long - Ace
Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris
Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
Love Will Keep Us Together - The Captain and Tennile
When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt
The Hustle - Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony
Listen to What the Man Said - Wings
Magic - Pilot
Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glan Campbell
The Rockford Files - Mike Post
Fallin' in Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
Why Can't We Be Friends? - War

1976
Silly Love Songs - Wings
Happy Days - Pratt and McClain
Welcome Back - John Sebastain
Got to Get You Into My Love - The Beatles
Rock and Roll Music - The Beach Boys
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John and Kiki Dee
Let 'Em In - Wings
You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC and the Sunshine Band
Turn the Beat Around - Vicki Sue Robinson
Play that Funky Music - Wild Cherry
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy and the Big Apple

1977
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Got to Give it Up (Pt. 1) - Marvin Gaye
Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) - Bill Conti
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy
Jet Airliner - The Steve Miller Band
Best of My Love - Emotions
Easy - The Commodores
I'm in You - Peter Frampton

1978
You're the One That I Want - John Travolta and Olivia Newton John
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione
Take a Chance On Me - Abba
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
On Broadway - George Benson
With a Little Luck - Wings
It's a Heartache - Bonnie Tyler
You Belong to Me - Carly Simon
Miss You - The Rolling Stones
Use To Be My Girl - The O'Jays
Grease - Frankie Valli
The Groove Line - Heatwave
Last Dance - Donna Summer
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Copacabana (At the Copa) - Barry Manilow

1979
Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
Goodnight Tonight - Wings
The Logical Song - Supertramp
Reunited - Peaches and Herb
We Are Family - Sister Sledge
Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
Chuck E.'s in Love - Rickie Lee Jones
Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) - The Jacksons
Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind and Fire with the Emotions
I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick
Shine a Little Love - Electric Light Orchestra
Good Times - Chic
When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook
My Sharona - The Knack
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra

Original Jack Kirby collage art from Jimmy Olsen #141

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Pop culture roundup: Wally Wood; Stan Lee

Should Wally Wood get a credit on Netflix's "Daredevil"? The artist's estate and lots of other comics pros think so.

...though over a dozen Daredevil-related comics professionals were acknowledged in the series credits, the late, legendary creator who, most in-the-know people say, did as much as Stan Lee and Bill Everett, who first launched Daredevil in 1964, is outrageously slighted.

No one is more important to ‪‎Daredevil‬ than Wallace “Wally” Wood!

After leaving his historic 12-year hit run on MAD Magazine, in 1964, Wood took over the then foundering, near-cancellation fledgling Daredevil comic after issue #4. Wood created the RED Daredevil character design, the interlocking double-D logo (which inspired the nickname “DD”), developed the visualization of the Radar Sense, created the grappling-hook cane/Billy-club cable, technological enhancements to DD’s senses, themes used through the Frank Miller run, and beyond.

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Take a peek inside Stan Lee's office!

Fab Friday: Vintage Beatles pics

See more fab posts at the Glass Onion Beatles Journal.

Original Power Records art by Neal Adams and Dick Giordano for "Batman Meets Man-Bat"

LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom - Trailer

Details:

The Justice League starts to fall apart when they try to decide who should be nominated as team leader and a new member sows seeds of discontent among them, all while the world’s super villains are forming their own team to destroy the League once and for all. LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom, all-new original animated feature-length film, will be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment as a Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD on August 25, 2015.

Pop stuff: The Clouds of Sils Maria; IDW's Disney Comics; The Last Man on Earth

What I'm reading, watching, hearing, etc.

The Clouds of Sils Maria is a quiet, thoughtful meditation on aging and changing perceptions named for a mysterious natural phenomenon that occurs in south central Switzlerand, in which clouds drifting through a valley in the alps take on the appearance of a snake.

Just as you need to be in the right spot to notice that the clouds look like a snake, you need to be in the right spot to see the full picture of life. Most of time we perceive it only from our current vantage point, whether it's early on or smack in the middle.

Maria (Juliette Binoche) is in the middle. A veteran actress, she's been persuaded to revisit the play that made her a star when she was young. The play focuses on two women: one young, one older. This time, Maria is set to play the older one. Recruited for the ingenue role is a Lohanesque terror named Jo-Ann Ellis (Chloe-Grace Moretz). Kristen Stewart plays Maria's personal assistant, Valentine.

Most of the scenes, shot beautifully on location in the real Sils-Maria and featuring those cool clouds, focus on Maria as she struggles to understand the new role she's taking on, and begins re-thinking the meaning of the play. Like the cloud shapes drifting through the valley, her perceptions shift and tranform before our eyes.The performances by all three actresses are as fantastic and surprising as the film's revelations.

Duck comics. After a long absence, new Disney comics featuring Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge and Mickey Mouse are making their way back into comics shops courtesy of IDW Publishing. It's good to see them back. I've picked up the first two issues of Uncle Scrooge - I like those long, funny adventure tales - and enjoyed both. The second one was especially good, featuring a Carl Barksian tale in which Scrooge, Donald and the boys find themselves on a desert isle haunted by ghost pirates.

IDW is rolling these out gradually. They started with Scrooge in April, added Donald's own title in May and introduced Mickey's comic this month. A revitalized Walt Disney Comics and Stories joins the lineup in July.

The stories aren't "new" per se, but new to American audiences. IDW is cherry-picking Disney stories originally published overseas -- where funny ducks, like jazz and Jerry Lewis, are appreciated more than here -- and they've done a good job so far.

The artwork is great. The translations are smooth and witty and the page counts generous. The debut issue of Uncle Scrooge was 48 pages while the second was 40. The publisher is retaining the "legacy numbering" of each title in parentheses, too, which collectors will enjoy. I wish they'd also tell us when and where each of the included stories was published. It would be interesting to learn more about Disney's publishing legacy in Europe and about the creators involved.

But that's the collector in me. The comics booster in me is just happy these titles are back. I hope new generations discover them. Between them and the continuing reprints of Carl Barks' complete works by Fantagraphics, we're in duck heaven.

The Last Man on Earth. What if the last-surviving man on earth wasn't a resourceful, heroic Robinson Crusoe, but a selfish, hapless doofus? Kinda like all of us, but with all our worst qualities amped?

That's what you get with SNL-vet Will Forte at the helm of this new series, which recently finished its first season on Fox. I've been watching on Hulu Plus.

While the premise seems one-note at first, the show finds all sorts of topics to explore and make us laugh about, asking what would happen if civilization collapsed? How would we act?

Hopefully better than Phil, who's a truly awful person. Yet, he retains our sympathies throughout. Maybe it's because we wonder, ourselves, if we'd do any better in his situation.

It's not a huge spoiler to mention that Phil isn't entirely alone. The great Kristen Schaal of "Flight of the Conchords" fame arrives early on to make us laugh. And to drive Phil crazy. There are a lot of other surprises, too.