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1962–1999

Summer Camp

Cabins, campfires, canoes, and your first camp crush.

The screen door slams behind you as you run for the lake — pine, campfire smoke, and bug spray in the air, canoes along the shoreline, somebody picking guitar on a picnic table. Camp wasn't just a place, it was a world of its own: bunk beds and flashlight tag, friendship bracelets and talent shows, canoe races and capture the flag, homesick on day one and in tears on the last. Long before social media, this is where the memories were made — the songs drifting from rec halls, campfires, mess halls, buses, and cabin radios all summer long. For a few weeks every year, camp felt like its own little universe.

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All 75 tracks

75 tracks
Take Me Home, Country Roads (Original Version) by John Denver — cover art
Take Me Home, Country Roads (Original Version)
John Denver
1971
Rocky Mountain High by John Denver — cover art
Rocky Mountain High
John Denver
1973
Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver — cover art
Leaving on a Jet Plane
John Denver
1969
Take It Easy by Eagles — cover art
Take It Easy
Eagles
1972
Peaceful Easy Feeling by Eagles — cover art
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Eagles
1972
Ventura Highway by America — cover art
Ventura Highway
America
1972
Sister Golden Hair by America — cover art
Sister Golden Hair
America
1975
Summer Breeze by Seals & Crofts — cover art
Summer Breeze
Seals & Crofts
1972
Sunshine On My Shoulders by John Denver — cover art
Sunshine On My Shoulders
John Denver
1974
Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens — cover art
Morning Has Broken
Cat Stevens
1972
Drift Away by Dobie Gray — cover art
Drift Away
Dobie Gray
1973
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) by Looking Glass — cover art
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Looking Glass
1972
Kokomo by The Beach Boys — cover art
Kokomo
The Beach Boys
1988
Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams — cover art
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
1985
Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves — cover art
Walking On Sunshine
Katrina and the Waves
1985
Vacation by The Go-Go's — cover art
Vacation
The Go-Go's
1982
Footloose by Kenny Loggins — cover art
Footloose
Kenny Loggins
1984
Centerfold by The J. Geils Band — cover art
Centerfold
The J. Geils Band
1982
Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp — cover art
Jack & Diane
John Mellencamp
1982
Hurts So Good by John Cougar — cover art
Hurts So Good
John Cougar
1982
Down Under by Men At Work — cover art
Down Under
Men At Work
1983
Island in the Sun by Weezer — cover art
Island in the Sun
Weezer
2001
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes — cover art
Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
1980
Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett — cover art
Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett
1977
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor — cover art
Eye of the Tiger
Survivor
1982
We Will Rock You by Queen — cover art
We Will Rock You
Queen
1978
Another One Bites the Dust by Queen — cover art
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
1981
Jump by Van Halen — cover art
Jump
Van Halen
1984
Celebration (Single Version) by Kool & The Gang — cover art
Celebration (Single Version)
Kool & The Gang
1980
Y.M.C.A. by Village People — cover art
Y.M.C.A.
Village People
1978

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▸ Did you know

  • Homesick on day one, in tears on the last — camp had a way of becoming home in a week.
  • Friendship bracelets, flashlight tag, and a guitar nobody could quite play but everyone sang along to.
  • Long before social media, camp was where you made friends who lived hundreds of miles away.