‘Under the Boardwalk’ – The Drifters
“Under the Boardwalk” has been a summertime staple of beach-town jukeboxes since its release. It captures the beach’s carefree sounds. It wasn’t, however, a day at the beach when it was captured. Johnny Moore was drafted to sing lead because the track’s original singer, Rudy Lewis, died of a drug overdose in his hotel room the night before the session.
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