Dog days in 1995; Florence and the Machine's 2009 "Dog Days Are Over"; and Within Temptation's 2013 "Dog Days". "Dog-day" promotions are also a common feature in baseball, used by American ballparks to boost ticket sales during mid-afternoon games. Dog days The dog days or are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. They are now taken to be the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. The
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) with Johnston, Al Jardine is also missing from the "Summer Days" cover photo depicting the group on a sailboat, having missed the shoot due to illness. "Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)" proved to be another gold-selling success for the Beach Boys in the U.S., where it hit number 2 behind The Rolling Stones's "Out of Our Heads". Along with 1963's "Surfin' U.S.A." it remains the group's highest-charting studio album in the U.S. The following year, the album would reach number 4 in the United Kingdom. The album's lead single, "Help Me, Rhonda", topped the US "Billboard" Hot 100. In a