Music can transport us to any time and place, which Daryl Braithwaite knows all too well. The veteran singer—best known for “The Horses” and his time fronting Sherbet—selected these songs with the beach in mind. Beyond the immediate joy of hitting the sand and the surf, he also drew on vivid flashbacks to his early teen bands and other formative musical memories. “I hope you enjoy the songs I’ve selected for my beachside playlist,” he tells Apple Music. “These tracks all hold special memories and remind me of summer days playing live in bands or out in the ocean surfing. It’s the kind of playlist you could take on a camping trip or to a BBQ with friends.” So grab your board (or BBQ) and crank up these sand-kicked tunes—and read on for Braithwaite’s loving recollections. Cliff Richard & The Shadows, “Summer Holiday” “‘Summer Holiday’—the song and movie—was a hit with me because it said summer, fun and girls and everything that a 14-year-old would be into.” The Sandals, “Theme from ‘the Endless Summer’” “As I grew up surfing, this instrumental song and movie have always been embedded in my head.” Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar” “This is probably the song that will always remind me of Covid-19 lockdowns in Melbourne.” James Reyne, “Slave” “James is possibly one of the most underrated, prolific songwriters that we have in Australia.” Small Faces, “Tin Soldier” “We used to play this in my early band, House of Bricks, and we thought we were the duck’s guts— haha!” P.P. Arnold and Small Faces, “(If You Think You’re) Groovy” “I fell in love with P.P. Arnold. We used to play this song in my first band in Coogee, and she had an extraordinary voice.”