Single:
Summer (The First Time) entered the Australian singles chart* on 22 October 1973 and peaked at #7. The song was #49 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Album:
The song is on Summer (The First Time) which entered the Australian albums chart* on 14 January 1974 and peaked at #25.
Songwriters:
Bobby Goldsboro, Ashley Abram, Timmy Tappan
Producers:
Bob Montgomery, Bobby Goldsboro
Record label of Australian release:
United Artists
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The song is a 1973 reminiscence about a 17-year-old boy’s first romantic experience with a 31-year-old woman during the summer. Using a repeating piano riff (played by Timmy Tappan), 12-string guitar, and an orchestral string arrangement (engineered by Ernie Winfrey), the song was suggestive enough to spark some controversy at the time. The sound of seagulls combined with the string arrangement at the start of the record, which last 57 seconds until the vocals come in, creates the impression of being on a beach in mid-summer.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_(The_First_Time)
Lyrics:
It was a hot afternoon
The last day of June
And the sun was a demon
The clouds were afraid
110 in the shade
And the pavement was steaming
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