Sun, Surf and Soul: Sea Breeze Beach and San Diego Surfers

It’s summertime, and the living is easy on American Routes. We’ve got cool tunes from Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Martha and the Vandellas, and the Beach Boys to help you beat that summer heat. We’ll hear memories of Sea Breeze, NC, a historically Black resort community that was an early site of integration in the Jim Crow South… And visit with some surfers at Mission Beach, San Diego.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Summertime Miles Davis

Porgy and Bess, Columbia/Legacy

Summertime James Brown and Martha High

Duets, Polydor

In the Heat of the Night Nancy Wilson

Welcome to My Love, Capitol Jazz

Ode to Billie Joe Tammy Wynette

I Don't Want to Play House, Koch

You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles

Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino

Instrumental: Summertime Sidney Bechet

1938-1940, Classics

Dog Days of August Cephas and Wiggins

From Richmond to Atlanta, Rounder

Summertime Doc Watson

Elementary Doctor Watson!, Tomato

Having a Party Sam Cooke

Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964, ABKCO

(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave Martha and the Vandellas

The Best of Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Motown

Hot Fun in the Summer Time Sly and the Family Stone

Greatest Hits, Epic

Instrumental: The In Crowd Ramsey Louis

Bar-B-Que Soul-a-Bration!, Rhino

SEGMENT: Sea Breeze Beach (Brenda Freeman, Malcolm "Chicken" Hicks, Elder Alfred Mitchell

Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock

Empyrean Isles, Blue Note

Deep Blue Sea John Mayall

USA Union, Polydor

End Bed: Southern Nights Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint-- American Tunes, Nonesuch

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: All My Trials Charles Lloyd

Love-In (Live), Atlantic

SEGMENT: San Diego Surfers

Surf Medley Junior Brown

Semi Crazy (Curb),

Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys

Endless Summer, Capitol

Surfer Girl The Beach Boys

Endless Summer, Capitol

Lucinda Randy Newman

12 Songs, Reprise

Love Letters in the Sand Jerry Lee Lewis

Classic, Bear Family

Instrumental: Summertime Mongo Santamaria

Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaria Anthology, Rhino

Rosa Maria Flaco Jimenez

Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio, Arhoolie

The Tide Is High The Paragons

Roots of Reggae Vol. 2: Rock Steady, Rhino

Under the Boardwalk Drifters

20th Century Rocks Vol. 6: '60s Rock 'n Roll Tossin' & Turnin', Dominion

The Dolphins Fred Neil

Everybody's Talkin' Theme from Midnight Cowboy, Capitol

Sea of Love Cat Power

The Covers Record, Matador

Instrumental: Sea of Love John Fahey

Return of the Repressed: The Anthology, Rhino

Sea of Love Cookie and Cup Cakes

Swamp Gold Vol. 3, Jin

Stars on the Water Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell, Warner Bros.

Valse de Holly Beach Nathan Abshire

The Best of Nathan Abshire, Swallow

Red Sails in the Sunset Bobby Jay

Sound of the Swamp: The Best of Excel Records, Vol. 1, Excel

Blue Horizon Sidney Bechet

Hot Jazz on Blue Note, Blue Note

End Bed: Red Sails in the Sunset The Hawaiians

Hawaiian Beach Party: 50 Songs for Summer, Disembogue