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Posted at 11:17 a.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Propane company, iTunes promote music to grill by

Advertiser Staff

The start of summer, time for getting outdoors, relaxing and grilling.

To encourage more grilling, the propane tank specialists at Blue Rhino company partnered with iTunes to create a "Music to Grill By" playlist based on a consumer poll.

The top spot went to "Cheeseburger in Paradise" by Jimmy Buffett.

Blue Rhino conducted the 2007 Official Grilling Man and Grilling Woman Surveys asking more than 2,000 people in the "continental U.S. and Canada" to name their favorite grilling song. The songs tend to skew to older artists., but, hey they didn't ask us here in Hawai'i, so we can complain all we want.

Their top 18 songs to grill by this summer:

1. "Cheeseburger in Paradise" Jimmy Buffett

2. "That Smell" Lynyrd Skynyrd

3. "Ring of Fire" Johnny Cash

4. "Bad to the Bone" George Thorogood & Delaware Destroyers

5. "Light My Fire" The Doors

6. "Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett

7. "Smoke on the Water" Deep Purple

8. "Fire" Jimi Hendrix

9. "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

10. "Summertime" DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince

11. "Disco Inferno" Tina Turner

12. "Burning Down the House" Talking Heads

13. "Let's Get It On" Marvin Gaye

14. "Born to Be Wild" Steppenwolf

15. "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley

16. "Burning Love" Elvis Presley

17. "Let's Get It Started" Black Eyed Peas

18. "Another One Bites the Dust" Queen

Visit www.bluerhino.com or www.itunes.com to see the list or pay to download the playlist.