Up On The Roof Female Singer

Julie grant is an english pop music singer who was mainly active during the 1960s.

Up on the roof female singer.

As the album s lead single it peaked at number 28 in 1979 in america. This is the wonderful piano and vocal demo of up on the roof. Eva narcissus boyd had moved to new york from her native north carolina with dreams of making it as a singer. Up on the roof singer and carry on star dies stars have paid tribute to kenny lynch an influential singer and actor of the swinging sixties who performed with the beatles.

She became friendly with the cookies auditioning for them by belting goffin and king s. Up on the roof the drifters cover by sarah collins i enjoyed singing this one this morning haven t heard it for a while and thought i d give it a go. Released at the tail end of that year the song became a big hit reaching 5 on the u s. She composed dozens of hit songs with gerry goffin and later recorded tapestry one of the most popular albums in music history.

Grant was a contemporary of petula clark and cilla black and allmusic journalist richie unterberger noted she had a strong versatile voice but was hindered by her inability to carve out a recognizable stylistic niche. Released late that year the disc became a major hit in early 1963 reaching number 5 on the u s. Carole king american songwriter and singer who was one of the most prolific female musicians in the history of pop music. She had three hits on the uk singles chart with up on the roof count on me and come to me.

Taylor had played guitar on carole king s remake of the song for her album writer and had also duetted with king on the song at her carnegie hall concert in 1971. Learn more about her life and accomplishments. In the uk it was a top ten success for singer kenny lynch whose version was also released in 1962. She also recorded a cover version of every day i have to cry.

Up on the roof is a song written by gerry goffin and carole king and recorded in 1962 by the drifters. At night the stars put on a show for free lead singer rudy lewis intones with a sweeping romanticism that underscores the poetry of the words and darling you can share it all with me. James taylor s version of up on the roof features on his 1979 album release flag. This is the wonderful piano and vocal demo of up on the roof.