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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 ]
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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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
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.
The album also featured a remake of The Drifters' hit "Under the Boardwalk" and John Prine's "Paradise". The album was very well accepted by the public and critics. The album also earned Anderson a Grammy Award nomination in 2005 for "Best Bluegrass Album", her first Grammy Award nomination in over 30 years. [1]