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"Under the Boardwalk" has since been covered by many artists, including the Northern Irish punk rock band The Undertones (on their 1980 album Hypnotised), [13] Bette Midler on the 1988 Beaches soundtrack (number 26 in Australia), and the Tom Tom Club on their self-titled album (whose version reached number 22 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982 ...
Another early success was "Under the Boardwalk", co-written with Kenny Young and a US no. 4 hit for The Drifters in 1964. It was covered by The Rolling Stones in 1964 and was released as a single-only in Australia, South Africa and Rhodesia. It peaked at no. 1 in the first two and at 2 in Rhodesia.
His last hit on the US pop charts was in 1978, when his version of "Under the Boardwalk" became a minor hit. However, he reinvented himself in the 1980s as a mainstream country star, and had his first hit on the country music chart in 1985 with "Burned Like a Rocket", released on the Atlantic label.
Later that year, the group was scheduled to record "Under the Boardwalk" on May 21, but Rudy Lewis died on the night before the session, and Johnny Moore took over as the sole lead (Lewis and he had been alternating). "Under The Boardwalk" was a top 10 hit in the US, but the pace of the Drifters' chart career slowed after this, with "Saturday ...
"Under the Boardwalk" b/w "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" (from I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing) A: Johnny Moore B: Charlie Thomas 4 — — 45 BPI: Silver [10] Under the Boardwalk "I've Got Sand in My Shoes" b/w "He's Just a Playboy" Johnny Moore 33 21 — — I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing "Saturday Night at the Movies"
Under the Boardwalk" is a song recorded by the Drifters in 1964. Under the Boardwalk may also refer to: Under the Boardwalk (1989 film), an American teen romance/drama film; Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story, a 2010 documentary; Under the Boardwalk (2023 film), an American animated film
Before their nursery rhyme inspired song, "Little Star", [1] became a number one hit, the band usually performed informally under the boardwalk by their homes. "Little Star" was the only million seller for the group, and was written by Venosa and Picone. [2] It spent 19 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, earning gold disc status. [2]
Kenny Young (born Shalom Giskan, April 14, 1941 – April 14, 2020) was an American songwriter, musician, producer and environmental campaigner who wrote and in some cases produced hit songs for The Drifters, Ronnie Dove, Herman's Hermits, Mark Lindsay, Reparata and the Delrons, Clodagh Rodgers, Quincy Jones, and Fox, among others.