Up on the Roof

Up on the roof "is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was 1962. Goffin and King were when "Member" of the Brill Building music publishing house. Little Eva and The Drifters competed for the first shot.Little Eva for her album; The Drifters for a single. From 1962, more than thirty versions appeared, in which the artists of virtually unknown until very famous vary. From the last category: Laura Nyro, Carole King itself (with or without James Taylor), Ike & Tina Turner and Neil Diamond.

The song is about forgetting the daily worries if you are on the roof of a House and looking directly into the sky.



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[hide] *The Drifters 1  ==The Drifters[ Edit] == Up on the roof was Gary Sherman in an adaptation of a hit for The Drifters. 20 weeks they finished in fifth place in the Billboard Hot 100 with a fourth place in the affiliated R & B-list of that same sheet. The United Kingdom hit, because there were not chalked it up as two covers released. Netherlands and Belgium still had no official music chart.
 * 1.1 Radio 2 Top 2000
 * 2 Kenny Lynch
 * 3 Julie Grant
 * 4 Laura Nyro
 * 5 Viola Wills
 * Belgian BRT Top 30 5.1
 * 5.2 Flemish Ultratop 30
 * 6 Robson & Jerome

The Drifters were accompanied by:

===Radio 2 Top 2000[ Edit] ===
 * Jimmy Nottingham, Jimmy Sedler (trumpet)
 * Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Sarraco (trombone)
 * Carole King, Ernie Hayes (piano)
 * Al Casamenti, Don Arnone, Bob Bushnell (guitar)
 * George Duvivier (bass guitar)
 * Gary Chester (percussion)
 * Bobby Rose garden, George Devens (percussion)

==Kenny Lynch[ Edit] == {| cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="toccolours vatop infobox" len="3933" style="font-size:12px;border-color:rgb(170,170,170);padding:0px;color:black;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:sans-serif;width:270px;" Kenny Linch ''Up on the roof ' '
 * - len="126" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="39" style="vertical-align:top;"|Up on the roof
 * - len="322" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="284" style="vertical-align:top;"|Single from:
 * - len="89" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="51" style="vertical-align:top;"|From the album:
 * - len="255" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="166" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|B-side (s)
 * colspan="2" len="30" style="vertical-align:top;"|Jump on your broomstick
 * - len="83" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * lang="en" len="11" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Released
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="13" style="vertical-align:top;"|december 1962
 * - len="67" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * lang="en" len="4" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Duration
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|3: 24 am
 * - len="491" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="171" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Tag
 * colspan="2" len="261" style="vertical-align:top;"|THC Records
 * - len="525" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="187" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Producer (s)
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="279" style="vertical-align:top;"|Marin Kearny, Sharon Michael
 * - len="355" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="268" style="vertical-align:top;"|Kenny Linch
 * - len="374" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * colspan="3" len="351" style="vertical-align:top;"|
 * - len="1120" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="1048" style="vertical-align:top;"|

One of the artists that the Drifters had in England was Kenny Lynch. He brought it in a package by Harry Robinson, also from late 1962. He graduated there in twelve weeks the tenth place in the United Kingdom. He had the advantage that his album of the same title that year and opened with this song.
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==Julie Grant<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Kenny Lynch was followed closely by Julie Grant. They took it on in an adaptation of Tony Hatch. She was actually for sale too late, because they took out three weeks listing in the British list; It led to a 33rd place.

==Laura Nyro<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == {| cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="toccolours vatop infobox" len="3188" style="font-size:12px;border-color:rgb(170,170,170);padding:0px;color:black;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:sans-serif;width:270px;" Laura Nyro ''Christmas and the beads of sweat ' '
 * - len="126" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="39" style="vertical-align:top;"|Up on the roof
 * - len="235" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="197" style="vertical-align:top;"|Single from:
 * - len="107" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="69" style="vertical-align:top;"|From the album:
 * - len="246" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="166" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|B-side (s)
 * colspan="2" len="21" style="vertical-align:top;"|Up on the roof
 * - len="67" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * lang="en" len="4" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Duration
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|3: 15
 * - len="409" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="171" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Tag
 * colspan="2" len="179" style="vertical-align:top;"|CBS
 * - len="782" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="187" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Producer (s)
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="536" style="vertical-align:top;"|Felix Cavaliere, Araf Mordin
 * - len="1120" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="1048" style="vertical-align:top;"|

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Laura Nyro had with the song her only hit in the United States. She came no further than two weeks listing on the 92nd place.
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==Viola Wills<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Belgium fell for the disco version of Viola Wills in 1980. They pulled out a modest listing in the list. ===Belgian BRT Top 30<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Flemish Ultratop 30<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===

==Robson & Jerome<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == {| cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="toccolours vatop infobox" len="4273" style="font-size:12px;border-color:rgb(170,170,170);padding:0px;color:black;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;font-family:sans-serif;width:270px;" Robson & Jerome Robson & Jerome
 * - len="126" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="39" style="vertical-align:top;"|Up on the roof
 * - len="346" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="308" style="vertical-align:top;"|Single from:
 * - len="90" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="52" style="vertical-align:top;"|From the album:
 * - len="234" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="166" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|B-side (s)
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="9" style="vertical-align:top;"|I Believe
 * - len="74" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * lang="en" len="11" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Released
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|1995
 * - len="424" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="171" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Tag
 * colspan="2" len="194" style="vertical-align:top;"|RCA Victor
 * - len="767" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * len="187" style="vertical-align:top;font-weight:bold;"|Producer (s)
 * colspan="2" lang="en" len="521" style="vertical-align:top;"|Mike Stock, Matt Aitken
 * - len="379" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="292" style="vertical-align:top;"|Robson & Jerome
 * - len="597" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * colspan="3" len="574" style="vertical-align:top;"|
 * - len="1120" style="vertical-align:top;"
 * align="center" colspan="3" len="1048" style="vertical-align:top;"|

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Robson Green and Jerome Flynn In 1995 had a number one hit in the United Kingdom. It was 14 weeks in the listings. It is the second of the three number-one hits that the combination took out. This version also had some success in Netherlands. In the forerunner Single Top 100 took it three weeks.
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