On Top Of The Rooftop Song

Written by new yorkers produced and arranged at the legendary atlantic studios and sung for the most part by new yorkers.

On top of the rooftop song.

The beatles racked up many firsts over the course of their career but they were not the first band to hold an unauthorized concert on a metropolitan rooftop. That distinction goes to jefferson. The group did record one more album abbey road on which work started the following month but by september 1969 the beatles had unofficially disbanded. The songs are presented purely according to arbitrary personal preferences but we are open to suggestions if you think we ve overlooked some gem of a roof song.

Rain falls slowly on the rooftop mist below me grey clouds above swim away from the town underneath my naked feet getting soaked to the bones bones yellin from the rooftop hayden panettiere. Several of the rooftop performances particularly that of dig a pony were regarded as showing the beatles once again in top form. Released late that year the disc became a major hit in early 1963 reaching number 5 on the u s. Pop singles chart and number 4 on the u s.

Up on the roof is a song written by gerry goffin and carole king and recorded in 1962 by the drifters. We re having a little fun here and we promise that no quantitative methods were harmed in the making of this list. So without further ado here are our top five favourite rooftop songs. In the uk it was a top ten success for singer kenny lynch whose version was also released in 1962.

The top ten roof songs. The beatles rooftop concert marked the end of an era for many fans. Up on the roof the drifters an all time classic and definitely our favourite. Up on the rooftop housetop reindeer pause out jumps good old santa claus down thru the chimney with lots of toys all for the little ones christmas joys chorus ho ho ho.