HERC has a sweet and sand-filled sentimental soft spot in his heart for those goofy, low-budget beach party movies of the Sixties starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
The sunny innocence, goofy theme songs and modest sexiness of never-showed-her-navel Annette Funicello (who should be included in any discussion of top swimsuit models of all-time) in those movies stands in stark contrast to the melodramatic Spector-esque teen angst of today's featured song from the Summer of '64, "Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)" by the Shangri-Las. Legend has it that a not-yet-driving-age Billy Joel played the ominous piano chords that open the song, setting the less-than-sunny mood for teenage heartbreak. Still, HERC throws the song on almost all his Summer playlists because not all Summers are full of sunshine.
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