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"Up on the Roof" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King and recorded in 1962 by The Drifters. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the U.S. pop singles chart and number 4 on the U.S. R&B singles chart . [ 2 ]
Up On the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building, released in 1993 on Columbia Records, is a cover album and also the twenty-first studio album by Neil Diamond. It contains a duet with Dolly Parton , string arrangements by David Campbell , along with re-makes of tracks associated with the Brill Building , where Diamond had worked in the 1960s.
Up on the Roof, a musical play, and the film adaptation; Up on the Roof, a British children's programme; Up on the Roof, a British film "Up on the Roof", a song by The Les Claypool Frog Brigade from Purple Onion "Up on the Roof", a story in the Bone comics series, included in the collection The Great Cow Race
This is a list of songs co-written by Gerry Goffin. Goffin (1939–2014) was an American lyricist , who formed a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Carole King . Their first success was " Will You Love Me Tomorrow ", recorded by the Shirelles and a hit in 1961.
Julie Grant (born 12 July 1946) [1] is an English pop music singer, who was mainly active during the 1960s. She had three hits on the UK Singles Chart with "Up on the Roof", "Count on Me" (both 1963) and "Come to Me" (1964). [2] She also recorded a cover version of "Every Day I Have to Cry" (1964). Grant was a contemporary of Petula Clark and ...
Viola Mae Wilkerson (December 30, 1939 – May 6, 2009), [1] [2] known professionally as Viola Wills, was an American pop and R&B singer, best known for her covers of classics and other standards such as Patience and Prudence's "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" (1979), Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" (1980), The Drifters' "Up on the Roof" (1980), "Always Something There To ...
Here are Linda Ronstadt's best songs ever, ranked. Yes, "Blue Bayou" and "When Will I Be Loved" are included. See what else made our list.
The album included songs ("Millworker", "Brother Trucker") from Taylor's music score to Stephen Schwartz's Broadway musical, Working, based on the book by Studs Terkel. The album was not well received, but it did provide a hit in Taylor's cover version of the Gerry Goffin – Carole King composition " Up on the Roof " (Taylor's most recent top ...