We continue with "The Drifters."
Our selection for this week is "On Broadway" The lead singer for this son is Rudy Lewis . This tune hit number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 . Cash Bos describes it as "a haunting slow beat cha, cha, opus.. that sports a first rate Gary Sherman arrangement. Here are the lyrics.
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (On Broadway)
They say it's there's always in the air (On Broadway)
But when you're walkin' down the street
And you ain't got enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere (On Broadway)
They say the girls are something else on Broadway (On Broadway)
But looking at them just give me the blues (On Broadway)
'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime?
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes (On Broadway)
Ha! The say I won't last too long on Broadway (On Broadway)
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say (On Broadway)
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (On Broadway)
Oh, they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (On Broadway
On Broadway (On Broadway)
I'm gonna make yeah, (On Broadway)
I'll be a big, big, big, man on Broadway
I'll have my name in lights (on Broadway)
Everybody, everybody, gonna know me , yes on Broadway
All up and down Broadway (on Broadway)
Ohhhhh, yeah! (on Broadway)
Writers: Barry Mann/ Cynthia Well/Jerry Leiber/ Mike Stoller
©Atlantic Records 1963
Our selection for this week is "On Broadway" The lead singer for this son is Rudy Lewis . This tune hit number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963 . Cash Bos describes it as "a haunting slow beat cha, cha, opus.. that sports a first rate Gary Sherman arrangement. Here are the lyrics.
They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway (On Broadway)
They say it's there's always in the air (On Broadway)
But when you're walkin' down the street
And you ain't got enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere (On Broadway)
They say the girls are something else on Broadway (On Broadway)
But looking at them just give me the blues (On Broadway)
'Cause how ya gonna make some time
When all you got is one thin dime?
And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes (On Broadway)
Ha! The say I won't last too long on Broadway (On Broadway)
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say (On Broadway)
But oh! They're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (On Broadway)
Oh, they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway (On Broadway
On Broadway (On Broadway)
I'm gonna make yeah, (On Broadway)
I'll be a big, big, big, man on Broadway
I'll have my name in lights (on Broadway)
Everybody, everybody, gonna know me , yes on Broadway
All up and down Broadway (on Broadway)
Ohhhhh, yeah! (on Broadway)
Writers: Barry Mann/ Cynthia Well/Jerry Leiber/ Mike Stoller
©Atlantic Records 1963