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”'”Summertime Guy””’ is a song recorded by [[Eddie Rambeau]], issued by [[Swan Records]], and written and composed by game show pioneer [[Chuck Barris]].<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |title=Ed Rambeau – Official Website |url=http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509103505/http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-date=2008-05-09 |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=zrosemarie.50webs.com}}</ref><ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120313145617/http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-date=2012-03-13 |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=zrosemarie.50webs.com}}</ref> Originally, Rambeau was to debut the song on ”[[American Bandstand]]” in 1962, but mere minutes before Rambeau was to perform, he was told the song could not be sung, due to Barris then being an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] employee, owing to concerns of [[payola]], which had become a major music industry scandal at the time. That was also the reason for the record not receiving airplay on any ABC-owned radio station, weighing the song down so it was not a hit.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref name=”:1″ /> |
”'”Summertime Guy””’ is a song recorded by [[Eddie Rambeau]], issued by [[Swan Records]], and written and composed by game show pioneer [[Chuck Barris]].<ref name=”:0″>{{Cite web |title=Ed Rambeau – Official Website |url=http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509103505/http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-date=2008-05-09 |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=zrosemarie.50webs.com}}</ref><ref name=”:1″>{{Cite web |title=Wayback Machine |url=http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20120313145617/http://zrosemarie.50webs.com/Ed_web/discs.html |archive-date=2012-03-13 |access-date=2025-09-09 |website=zrosemarie.50webs.com}}</ref> Originally, Rambeau was to debut the song on ”[[American Bandstand]]” in 1962, but mere minutes before Rambeau was to perform, he was told the song could not be sung, due to Barris then being an [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] employee, owing to concerns of [[payola]], which had become a major music industry scandal at the time. That was also the reason for the record not receiving airplay on any ABC-owned radio station, weighing the song down so it was not a hit.<ref name=”:0″ /><ref name=”:1″ /> |
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Latest revision as of 09:05, 10 October 2025
“Summertime Guy” is a song recorded by Eddie Rambeau, issued by Swan Records, and written and composed by game show pioneer Chuck Barris.[1][2] Originally, Rambeau was to debut the song on American Bandstand in 1962, but mere minutes before Rambeau was to perform, he was told the song could not be sung, due to Barris then being an ABC employee, owing to concerns of payola, which had become a major music industry scandal at the time. That was also the reason for the record not receiving airplay on any ABC-owned radio station, weighing the song down so it was not a hit.[1][2]
Later, Barris contacted composer Milton DeLugg to arrange an instrumental version of the song, which eventually wound up on the game show The Newlywed Game and would become its signature theme song (the main melody of the theme is preceded by Felix Mendelssohn’s Wedding March).
