Bruce Springsteen - "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" from 2007's Magic
Blake Shelton - "Honey Bee" from his upcoming album, Red River Blue, which comes out next month.
The Beach Boys - "Surfin' U.S.A." I could have picked a number of their songs. 2003's The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: The Sounds Of Summer is a good place to start with The Beach Boys.
The Chantays - "Pipeline" you don't think you know it, but you know it. One of the most well known surf rock songs ever. It's hard to find, but you can download it. I have it on a various artists collection called Big Waves (Five Decades Of Surf Rock)
Chuck Berry - "Carol" again, there's a hell of lot of songs here I could have gone with. To me, The Great Twenty-Eight is the best Chuck collection, but I don't think you can find it. But the Gold compilation is great too.
Sly & The Family Stone - "Hot Fun In The Summertime" is really one of the best summer songs ever. If you're just starting with Sly, the Greatest Hits collection pictured above is well titled, but I think it's out of print. You can find The Essential Sly & The Family Stone though.
Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" from So was a monster hit when I was in high school, and I never got tired of it.
The Police - "Every Breath You Take" from Synchronicity, see "Sledgehammer," but I did get tired of it at one point.
Asia - "Heat Of The Moment" was such a great song. I just ordered the album on Amazon. I am embarrassed to say that I didn't have it. It might be possible that I had it on cassette and never upgraded. I don't like much of what they did after their debut, but damn, that debut was pretty great.
The Cars - "Magic" is so summer... even if Ric Ocasek didn't sing "summer, summer, summer!" in the song. It's from their 1987 album Heartbeat City.
Ben Harper - "Steal My Kisses," which is a collaboration with former Roots beatbox Rahzel. Probably the closest Ben has come to having a hit, it's from Burn To Shine.
Craig Mack featuring The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes - "Flava In Ya Ear (remix)" That sample is just incredible, amazing song and everyone was in top form on their verses. I downloaded this - it's from a Bad Boy 10th anniversary collection.
Black Sheep - "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)" was recently used in a commercial, for good reason, it's timeless. This one I have on a various artists collection called Hip-Hop Gold.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Give It Away" is still one of the funkiest grooves ever. From their best album, 1991's Bloodsugarsexmagik.
The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon" is just another great Ray Davies song. It's from the 1966 Face To Face album, which will be reissued later this month.
Willie Nelson - "Whiskey River" just because. From 1973's Shotgun Willie.
The Zac Brown Band - "Toes (Live from Bonnaroo)" available on iTunes.
The Cocktail Slippers - "In The City" from their 2009 classic St. Valentine Day's Massacre.
The Jessica Fletchers - "Summer Holiday and Me" from their 2005 album Less Sophistication.
There are tons of songs I've missed here - I don't have anything from Van Halen for instance, another great summer band, or Creedence Clearwater Revival. But let me know what your favorite summer songs are in the comments section!
