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Recommended summer songs for people in their 70s: A collection of nostalgic summer tunes [2025]

For those in their 70s, there are probably many songs from the 1960s and 70s that bring back memories of your youth.

In this article, we’ll carefully select and introduce especially recommended summer songs from among those nostalgic tracks.

We’ve chosen plenty of songs perfect for summer—of course, ones that take summer itself as their theme, but also songs about the sea, the sun, and passionate romance.

Please take this opportunity to listen to them again.

We hope you’ll enjoy them while feeling both the summery mood and a warm sense of nostalgia.

Recommended summer songs for people in their 70s: A collection of nostalgic summer tunes [2025] (51–60)

I hope you are keeping well in the summer heat.Candies

The classic hit by Candies that enlivened our youth returns, carried by a lively melody that still evokes scenes of summer.

Released on June 21, 1977 as their 14th single, it was featured in a Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications commercial for midsummer greeting postcards, and had sold a total of 320,000 copies by the time of their farewell concert.

The song’s style is bright and pop, built on three-part harmonies in the chorus contrasted with unison and solo lines elsewhere.

The lyrics delicately depict the passion of wishing to turn back the clock to meet sooner, and the joy of moments by the seaside.

The radiant harmonies of the three members of Candies beautifully bring to life the feelings of young people savoring a hot summer to the fullest.

It’s a track that those who spent their youth in that era will surely find nostalgic.

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Beware of summerJunko Sakurada

A classic song that paints nostalgic yet sweet summer scenes.

Junko Sakurada’s beautiful voice captures the flutter of a bittersweet summer crush.

Released in May 1976, this track is also known for being performed at the 27th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

It evokes a vividly drawn summer afternoon, with sun-warmed sand slipping from tanned skin.

The charming heart of a young woman telling herself “Careful, careful” as she’s nearly swayed by sweet temptation is utterly endearing.

An eternal piece of summer pop, highly recommended for those who remember summers of the Shōwa era.

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Aoba Castle Love SongMuneyuki Sato

A nostalgic melody that sings of the city of Sendai.

Created by Muneyuki Sato, this song is set at Aoba Castle—a famous landmark in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture—and portrays the bittersweet feelings of a man and woman who fall in love.

Its lyrics interweave the beauty of Sendai’s four seasons with the everyday lives of its people, painting scenes so vivid they seem to unfold before your eyes.

The use of regional dialect adds a distinctive sense of nostalgia.

Since its release in May 1978, the song became a hot topic on TV and radio, and Sato won the New Artist Award at that year’s Japan Record Awards.

He also performed in the 29th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen.

It remains a popular karaoke staple even today and is sometimes played at weddings.

It’s a song that lets you immerse yourself in thoughts of someone dear as time flows gently by.

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In conclusion

We’ve rounded up a selection of summer songs recommended for people in their 70s, focusing mainly on tracks from the ’60s and ’70s.

There were plenty of songs that evoke summer—like those about the sea and the sun.

Many of you likely listened to these songs in real time back then, so take this opportunity to revisit them and enjoy both the summery vibe and a sense of nostalgia.