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"Under the Boardwalk" is a pop song written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick and recorded by The Drifters in 1964. It charted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 22, 1964. [ 2 ]
On May 21, 1964, when the group was due to record "Under the Boardwalk," which had been written for Lewis, he was found dead in his Harlem hotel room, where he had died the previous night. Former lead vocalist Johnny Moore was brought back to perform lead vocals for the recording.
"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"
Beaches: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack to the Academy Award-nominated 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey.Midler performs most of the tracks on the album, released on the Atlantic Records label.
Sing along with Mungo Jerry as he dee-dee-dee's and dah-dah-dah's his way through this 1970 hit. “As it Was” by Harry Styles. ... “Under the Boardwalk” by The Drifters.
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 ...
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.
He was drafted into the US Army for national service; upon returning, he recorded as a soloist under the name "Johnny Darrow". He rejoined the Drifters, now with four new members, and became the lead singer in 1964, after the death of Rudy Lewis, who was due to record "Under the Boardwalk" the next day. Moore took over the lead vocals.