I christened my first child "Summer" (her actual name is not this usual summer spelling, I deviated it a bit to look fresh and new) because she was born in August 2005. Yup, it was not a Philippine summertime but American.

And during this time, "We Belong Together" was ruling and burning the Billboard Hot100 chart and went on as long as 14 weeks on #1. Her name was also taken from Fantasia's "Summertime" performance, a cover of an classic song composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.

If music is the soundtrack of our lives, that's especially true in the summer. The radio is a constant companion at backyard barbeques, pool parties and road trips. Now that summer is upon us, it's a good time to scroll back through the biggest songs of summers past. These are the songs that logged the most weeks at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 during the summer months of every year since 1955. These are the songs that you heard over and over at the beach or on vacation or on that endless ride to Grandma's house.

Elvis Presley had the biggest song of the summer three times, more than any other artist. He scored with "Hound Dog"/"Don't Be Cruel" in 1956, "Let Me Your Teddy Bear" in 1957 and "It's Now Or Never" in 1960. Five other artists had (or shared) the #1 song of the summer twice. These hit-makers are Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Usher, Andy Gibb and Paul Anka.


Click here to see the full list of songs that logged the most weeks at #1 in each summer (June 21 through September 20) dating back to 1955.