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The Things We Did Last Summer

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Released
  
1946

Recorded
  
1946

Length
  
3:02

Format
  
10" 78 rpm singles

Genre
  
Traditional Pop

Label
  
Capitol

"The Things We Did Last Summer" is a popular song from 1946. The words were written by Sammy Cahn, with the composition by Jule Styne. The most well known version is the Top ten hit by Jo Stafford. Shelley Fabares had a hit cover in 1962 on the pop chart. Several recordings have been made, including versions by Frank Sinatra, Vaughn Monroe, and Dean Martin who recorded different versions for his 1959 and 1966 Christmas LPs.

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Jo Stafford version

"The Things We Did Last Summer" was recorded by Jo Stafford, in a single released in 1946 on the Capitol Records label. Stafford's version of the song was a successful hit, peaking at number 10 on the Billboard chart in the United States. Her recording of the song was conducted and arranged by Paul Weston and his Orchestra.

Shelley Fabares version

Shelley Fabares recorded the song in a single released in August 1962 on the Colpix label. It was the second single taken from her second album The Things We Did Last Summer. It was produced and arranged by Stu Phillips.

Reception

"The Things We Did Last Summer" charted at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Track listing

  1. "The Things We Did Last Summer" - 2:27
  2. "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" - 2:05

Other versions

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko Akiyoshi at Maybeck (1994)
  • The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys
  • A Fine Frenzy - His Songs, Our Way (2009)
  • Ramon Jacinto - Romancing RJ (2016)
  • Beverly Kenney - Snuggled On Your Shoulder reissued in 2008
  • The Four Lads - On the Sunny Side (1956)
  • The Lettermen - Complete Hits (2006)
  • Dean Martin - A Winter Romance (1959) and The Dean Martin Christmas Album (1966)
  • Fats Navarro - Jazz at the Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall (1949)
  • Jackie Paris - That Paris Mood (1954)
  • Freddie Redd - Piano East/West (Prestige, recorded 1955)
  • George Shearing & Nancy Wilson - The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)
  • Frank Sinatra - Columbia 78rpm, 1946, several Columbia LP reissues, and "16 Most Requested Songs (1995)
  • Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr. - Boy Meets Girl (Sammy Davis Jr. and Carmen McRae album) (1957)
  • Helen Merrill - Merrill at Midnight (1957)

    • The song, performed by Seth MacFarlane, was featured in the 2008 Family Guy episode "Love, Blactually".

    References

    The Things We Did Last Summer Wikipedia
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