The Drifters - Up on The Roof

A Big 60s Hit For The Drifters

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[mike hunt]

Love ya Dad R.I.P, Funeral song and 1 of ya favourites xxx

[clokwize]

4 people fell thru the roof

[Carter Klan]

Its 8 now.

[CantWeedThis]

My grandpa banged my grandma to this song in 1962

[1VIDEOVISION]

CAROL KING ROCKS!!!! SHE WROTE THIS!!!!!

[sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1975 {May 16th} the Drifters performed "Up On The Roof" on the NBC-TV program 'The Midnight Special'...

Thirteen years earlier on November 3rd, 1962 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #5 and spent 20 weeks on the Top 100...

It reached #4 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...

Three covered versions have charted on the Top 100; Cryan' Shames {#85 in 1968}, Laura Nyro {#92 in 1970}, and James Taylor {#28 in 1979}

R.I.P. Rudy Lewis {1936 - 1964}

[mandoman46]

The Drifters, another one of my favorite groups. Brings back so many memories. Thanks for sharing.

[Ron Cottrill]

Same here these songs and the singers are my time machine that transports me back to the time that was like heaven to me and still is to this very day.

[tom hoss]

i agree with you, i like songs for their value

[Charlotte McGill]

If you like The Drifters, check out The Fontaines on iTunes. Doowop sounding

[searchlight18]

Yes, back to the time" where everything was fresh as the bright blue sky"

Sweet Child of Mine.----Up on the roof. It'll be Okay....

[Mary Lynn Johnson-Kerker]

song take me away to a peaceful place.