This year the solstice falls today at 6:34 p.m. EDT. This is the “summer”
solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The word solstice is from the
Latin solstitium, from sol (sun) and stitium (to stop). Astrologers say
the sun seems to ‘stand still’ at the point on the horizon where it 
appears to rise and set, before moving off in the reverse direction.

This 1958 single reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The trio’s version of “Twist and Shout” was their first record to reach a Top 
20 position in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and was the first major hit
recording of the song. 

The song "Polk Salad Annie" was written and performed by Tony Joe White
and was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The record peaked at # 8
on the Billboard Hot 100.

Tony Joe White will be 73 years old in July.

Released as a single on June 3, 1966, “Sunny Afternoon” peaked at No. 14
on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart early autumn 1966. It was placed
at No. 200 on Pitchfork Media‘s list of The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s.

The song "Take It Easy" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey,
and recorded by the Eagles with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the band’s
first single. It peaked at No. 12 on the July 22, 1972 Billboard Hot 100 chart. It
also was the opening track on the band’s debut album Eagles and it has
become one of their signature songs, included on all of their live and
compilation albums. It is listed as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s
500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Glenn Frey (left) died January 18 of this year.