When the temperature gets into triple digits, the I-pod in my brain starts to shuffle around for my favorite hot weather songs. I’m sure you have yours, and I’d love to hear from you about your favorites. Here are some of mine, in no particular order:

“Hot Hot Hot”, by Buster Poindexter, aka David Johansen. It’s just a fun song from back in the ‘80’s with a nice Latin beat.

“Summer”, (“My time of year”) by War, from back in the ‘70s. War was, and still is, the quintessential L.A. rock band. When you think about it, what personifies L.A. more than “Summer”, and “Low Rider”? It reminds me of my teenage years cruising the streets of the Valley.

“Too Darn Hot”, from the Broadway musical, “Kiss Me Kate.” Written by Cole Porter and recorded by various people including Ann Miller and Ella Fitzgerald, when it’s played you can feel the frustration of a woman who just wants to be “close to my baby tonight, but it’s too darn hot.”

What we really need right now is to cool down a bit. The I-pod in my head now thinks of:

“Baby It’s Cold Outside”, the version with Martina McBride and Dean Martin from a few years back. It’s so well done you can almost feel the cold.

“Let it Snow.” So many people have recorded this song, including Jessica Simpson, but once again my vote has to go to the version sung by Dean Martin. He defined the word “sexy”, even when “The weather outside is frightful.”

“California Dreamin”, by the Mamas and the Papas. How I wish it were “Such a winter’s day” right now.

Whatever you do during this heat wave, do a quick check on the elderly people in your life and don’t forget to flip over every 7 minutes.

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