Here Comes Summer

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"Here Comes Summer"
Single by Jerry Keller
B-side "Time Has a Way"
ReleasedMay 1959
Recorded 1958
Genre Pop
Length2:05
Label Kapp (U.S.)
London (UK)
Songwriter(s) Jerry Keller

"Here Comes Summer" is an American popular song which was written and performed by Jerry Keller. [1] The song was released on Kapp Records in the United States and London Records in the United Kingdom.

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Background

A popular misconception is that this song quotes the line "the sun shines bright" from the Stephen Foster song "My Old Kentucky Home", but this is untrue as the line contained in "Here Comes Summer" is "oh, let the sun shine bright".

Chart performance

In 1959, it spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 14, [2] [3] while spending one week at No. 1 on the UK's New Musical Express chart, [1] [4] [5] and reaching No. 8 on Norway's VG-lista, [6] and No. 4 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. [7] It was Keller's only hit either side of the Atlantic. [1]

Cover versions

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