50+ Music<p>"Up on the Roof" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GerryGoffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GerryGoffin</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CaroleKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaroleKing</span></a> and recorded in 1962 by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheDrifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheDrifters</span></a>. Released late that year, the disc became a major hit in early 1963, reaching number 5 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPopSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPopSinglesChart</span></a> and number 4 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USRAndBSinglesChart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USRAndBSinglesChart</span></a>. In the UK it was a top-ten success for singer <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/KennyLynch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KennyLynch</span></a>, whose version was also released in 1962. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ksNvivbEI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=b_ksNvivbEI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>