| Summertime's Calling Me | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Catalinas |
| A-Side: | Summertime's Calling Me |
| Released: | December 1975 |
| Recorded: | December 1975 |
| Genre: | Beach Music |
| Length: | 2:53 (single version) 3:07 (album version) |
| Label: | Sugarbush Records (#114) |
| Producer: | Johnny Barker |
| Misc: | The Sugarbush single release is shorter than the version released now (which runs 3:07) and the organ is more pronounced in the single version. |
Summertime's Calling Me is a song written by Johnny Barker (September 8, 1945-October 25, 2023[1]), then of the beach music band The Catalinas, in December 1975. Originally released as a 45rpm single on Sugarbush Records, the song initially had slow growth on the beach music scene.[2] Today, however, it is regarded as one of the most influential and favorite beach music songs of all time (ranging between #s 4-7 depending on the source).[3] [4]