Tropic of Cancer (0.468″) of latitude, or 15 metres, per year (it was at exactly 23° 27′N in 1917 and will be at 23° 26'N in 2045). See axial tilt and circles of latitude for further information. North of the tropic are the subtropics and the North Temperate Zone. The equivalent line of latitude south of the Equator is called the Tropic of Capricorn, and the region between the two, centered on the Equator, is the tropics. There are approximately 13 hours, 35 minutes of daylight during the summer solstice. During the winter solstice, there are 10 hours, 41 minutes of daylight. Starting
The Tropics (band) and Eric Turner. (photo) The Tropics recorded their first 45 RPM records in Tampa Bay area recording studios and later at Malaco Recording Studios in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1968 a recording session at Columbia Records Studios in New York produced their first hit, "Time". Sunn Sound Equipment based in Meridian Mississippi sponsored the band in the late 1960s by furnishing all sound equipment. Ludwig Drums in New York City, also sponsored the band and furnished Ludwig Premier Drums. In 1971, Pendergrass formed the Capricorn Records glam rock/psychedelic/hard rock group, White Witch. The Tropics (band) In 1964 in Tampa, Florida, the