Summertime Top Ten: The Boys of Summer (#1)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86901)
United States
June 28, 2019 2:16pm CST
Normally I don’t use my phone to post here because I make too many typos. I’m on a lunch break on my way from one Civil War monument to the next, though, so I thought I’d end the suspense. Ha. Who didn’t see this one coming?
#1: The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Anyone who is surprised needs to see me after school. 
One of my all-time favorite “big hit” songs of the 80s. One of my favorite Don Henley songs. It’s powerful, magical, and I still crank it up after 35 years.
Thanks for reading.
The Boys of Summer
Written by Don Henley and Mike Campbell
Recorded by Don Henley
From Building the Perfect Beast, 1984
Nobody on the beach:
One of my all-time favorite “big hit” songs of the 80s. One of my favorite Don Henley songs. It’s powerful, magical, and I still crank it up after 35 years.
Thanks for reading.
The Boys of Summer
Written by Don Henley and Mike Campbell
Recorded by Don Henley
From Building the Perfect Beast, 1984
Nobody on the beach:
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM, Video Country: Germany Released: 1984 Genre: Rock Style: Pop Rock, Classic Rock "The Boys of Summer" is a song released in...
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jun 19
Talk about overplayed on classic rock radio. I know. You don't listen to radio.
I have to make a counter summer move:
Nat King Cole live in HD from the 1963 BBC special "An Evening With Nat King Cole". LYRICS: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Those days of sod...
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@FourWalls (86901)
• United States
28 Jun 19
That was in consideration, believe me.
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@RasmaSandra (98127)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jun 19
I have never heard this song. I always remember Connie Francis and Follow the Boys.
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@teamfreak16 (43672)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Jul 19
I think that it's his best solo song, personally.
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@FourWalls (86901)
• United States
6 Jul 19
Easily his best solo hit, but for best song I’d go with “Long Way Home” or “Lilah.” But you know how I love ballads.
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@teamfreak16 (43672)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Jul 19
@FourWalls - True. One of my old roommates used to go to the strip club and tip the DJ to play "New York Minute." Pissed all the dancers off because they had to stay onstage so long! 
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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30 Jun 19
That was one huge single! I didn't see a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac but that was a terrific song which for me is part of my summer playlist 
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
29 Jun 19
My favorite summer song Four Walls..that and Jackson Brown something or other cant recall and the Eagles.
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