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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 ]
Midler's version of "Under the Boardwalk", released to tie in with the premiere in December 1988, peaked outside the Billboard Hot 100 chart and passed by mostly unnoticed, although it reached the Top 30 of the ARIA singles chart in Australia.
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.
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
The melodic title riff was used in the Drifters version of "Under the Boardwalk", which is heard before the chorus of the song. [citation needed] In April 2010, The Drifters' "Up on the Roof" was named number 114 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. [6] It is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock ...
The song makes reference to a number of longtime Atlantic City features including the rolling chairs and the boardwalk. [2] The salt-water air (the Jersey Shore's temperatures are cooler than the city during the summer and made Atlantic City an especially popular attraction prior to air conditioning being widespread) is also mentioned.
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.
Willie "Bill" Pinkney (August 15, 1925 – July 4, 2007) was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was often said to be the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit records.