September 1, 2017

570 The Drifters “Up On the Roof” 1962

The song was written by “the noted husband-wife songwriting team of Carole King and Gerry Goffin.” Born Carole Klein (1942- ) in Brooklyn, “she delved a little deeper than her classmates into the roots of rock, finding a strong interest in the still submerged rhythm & blues stylings that were mainly restricted to the black population…After marrying young lyricist Gerry Goffin (1939-2014), she became part of a writing team that soon won the attention of New York publishers. Using the pen name Carole King, by the time she was 20 she and Gerry already had a reputation as songwriting greats of the future” (Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, and Soul, 1974). 

The Drifters “Up On the Roof”

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