The Soundtrack to Barack Obama's Summer: What's on the POTUS Playlist

President Barack Obama photographed at the White House

THE WHITE HOUSE DID OFFER AN INSIGHT INTO OBAMA'S INTERIOR LIFE, A SMALL DISPATCH FROM HIS SUMMER VACATION THIS WEEK, IN IDYLLIC AND EXCLUSIVE MARTHA'S VINEYARD. FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, THE PRESIDENT OFFERED A LIST OF 40 SONGS - 20 FOR THE DAYTIME AND 20 FOR NIGHT - WHICH HE IS LISTENING TO THIS SUMMER.

So much of President Barack Obama's personal life is shrouded in mystery.

Who was on the guest list to his star-studded 55th birthday party last week at the White House? The administration is not naming names.

Nearly two full presidential terms had passed and more than 300 golf rounds had been played before Obama on Sunday finally divulged his handicap (an "honest" 13). The secrecy surrounding his golf game is so extreme that White House aides have been known to drape tablecloths over clubhouse windows to prevent reporters from catching a glimpse of him hacking his way down the fairway.

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But on Thursday, the White House did offer an insight into Obama's interior life, a small dispatch from his summer vacation this week, in idyllic and exclusive Martha's Vineyard. For the second year in a row, the President offered a list of 40 songs - 20 for the daytime and 20 for night - which he is listening to this summer. Click Here