Up on the Roof

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Written by: Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Produced by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Released: Nov. '62 on Atlantic
Charts: 20 weeks
Top spot: No. 5

"Up on the Roof" -- a breezy summertime song for city dwellers whose only getaways were the tar beaches at the top of their buildings -- was written by the husband-and-wife team of Goffin and King, rising stars on New York's Tin Pan Alley scene who also penned the Drifters' "Some Kind of Wonderful." It was sung by Rudy Lewis, the third in the Drifters' cavalcade of great lead voices; in 1970, King reclaimed the song as a recording artist with a wistful, down-tempo version.

Appears on: The Very Best of the Drifters (Rhino)

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