The song "Poison Ivy" by The Coasters went to #1 on the R&B chart, #7
on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was their third top-ten hit of that year
following "Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones".

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.