Chicago’s New Colony Six released seven singles on the Mercury label from 1967-1970. “Summertime’s Another Name for Love,” from 1968’s Revelations album, sounds like an obvious A-side to me – and yet it ended up being the B-side to “Can’t You See Me Cry.” I especially enjoy the tantalizingly brief pizzicato passage in the song’s instrumental coda — as you will, too:
“Summertime’s Another Name for Love” New Colony Six 1968
Released June 6, 1968, the single spent eight weeks on the Billboard pop chart, having climbed to the #52 spot at its peak.
