Under the Boardwalk

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Written by: Arthur Resnick, Kenny Young
Produced by: Bert Berns
Released: June '64 on Atlantic
Charts: 33 weeks
Top spot: No. 4

Released in June 1964 and replayed on beach-town jukeboxes every summer since, "Under the Boardwalk" evokes the carefree sounds of the shore. But its recording was no day at the beach. Johnny Moore was drafted to sing lead because the track's original singer, Rudy Lewis, died of a heroin overdose in his hotel room the night before the session.

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

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