On Top Of The Rooftop Song

The top ten roof songs.

On top of the rooftop song.

Page last updated june 20 2020. 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. So without further ado here are our top five favourite rooftop songs. The beatles rooftop concert marked the end of an era for many fans.

When this old world starts getting me down and people are just too much we just sit back put this tune on and let our worries disappear. Up on the roof is a song written by gerry goffin and carole king and recorded in 1962 by the drifters. 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. In the uk it was a top ten success for singer kenny lynch whose version was also released in 1962.

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. Pop singles chart and number 4 on the u s. That distinction goes to jefferson.

We re having a little fun here and we promise that no quantitative methods were harmed in the making of this list. I firmly believe that you had to. 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.