On Broadway (Mann/Weil/Leiber/Stoller version for The Drifters)

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Annotation

besides the different time signature, this version has new lyrics that are significantly different to the original Mann/Weil composition.

Annotation last modified on 2011-08-24 07:29 UTC.

Relationships

additional writer:Jerry Leiber
Mike Stoller
writer:Barry Mann
Cynthia Weil
publisher:Colgems-EMI Music Inc.
Screen Gems‐Col
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd.
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/31247 [info]
Songfacts:https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-drifters/on-broadway [info]
Wikidata:Q7090922 [info]
referred to in medleys:New York City Rhythm / On Broadway (order: 2)
later parody versions:On Broadway
later translated versions:À Broadway
Am Gürtel
version of:On Broadway (original Mann/Weil version)
lyrics quoted on:The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1963-01-22On BroadwayThe Drifters3:00
1963-01-22On BroadwayThe Drifters3:05
1963-09On BroadwayinstrumentalThe Jazz Crusaders2:27
1964-07-24On Broadway (live)liveThe Drifters4:44
1966-06-23On BroadwaycoverEsquerita4:46
1966On Broadway (live, 1966: Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, UK)liveBlossom Dearie3:56
1969-03-04On BroadwaycoverJimmy Scott3:34
1975On BroadwayinstrumentalBuddy Rich3:52
1977-09-30 – 1977-10-02On Broadway (live, 1977-09-30~10-02: The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA, USA)cover and liveGeorge Benson9:55
1977-09-30 – 1977-10-02On Broadway (live, 1977-09-30~10-02: The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA, USA)cover and liveGeorge Benson10:08
1979On Broadwaycover and liveGary Numan4:40
1988-10-09On Broadway (live, 1988-10-09: "Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts" Octoke Gym, Columbus, OH, USA)cover and liveRed Hot Chili Peppers?:??
1989-01-15On Broadway (live, 1989-01-15: Music Hall, Houston, TX, USA)cover and liveNeil Young & The Restless?:??
1998-06-16On BroadwayinstrumentalJimmy Ponder6:15
2012-05-03 – 2012-05-05On BroadwaycoverKurt Elling6:17
2013-05-25On Broadwaycover and liveBig Band Zug3:40
Off BroadwayGeorge Benson5:26
Off Broadway (2015 GH EQ version)George Benson5:24
On BroadwaySteve Tyrell feat. Barry Mann3:46
On BroadwayliveThe Drifters5:03
On BroadwaycoverGeorge Benson, Clifford, and The Rhythm Rats4:18
On BroadwayThe Drifters2:58
On BroadwaycoverThe Dave Clark Five2:39
On BroadwaycoverThe Vogues3:10
On Broadwaycover and instrumentalKlaus Doldinger5:18
On BroadwaycoverJess Roden7:05
On Broadwaycover and liveNeil Young & The Restless5:04
On Broadwaycover and liveNeil Young & The Restless?:??
On BroadwaycoverNeil Young4:58
On Broadwaycover and liveNeil Young & The Restless5:17
On Broadwaycover and liveNeil Young & The Lost Dogs5:04
On BroadwaycoverNeil Young4:34
On BroadwayMichael Ball3:08
On Broadwaycover and instrumentalBill Evans2:33
On Broadwaycover and instrumentalBill Evans?:??
On BroadwaycoverEric Carmen3:26
On Broadway (rerecording)The Drifters2:51
On Broadway (quadraphonic mix)coverEric Carmen3:26
On BroadwayU-Nam & Friends9:20
On BroadwaycoverTony Christie2:56
On Broadway (single version)cover and liveGeorge Benson5:15
On BroadwayThe Drifters3:02
On BroadwaycoverTaylor Hicks3:53
On BroadwaycoverThe Reflections2:28
On Broadwaycover and instrumentalFlorida State University Marching Chiefs3:09
On BroadwaycoverGeorge Benson6:13
On BroadwaycoverBobby Darin2:35
On BroadwaycoverNancy Wilson1:50
On BroadwaycoverLivingston Taylor3:38
On BroadwaycoverPercy Faith3:01
On BroadwaycoverJohnny Mathis3:24
On BroadwaycoverJames Taylor4:11
On BroadwaycoverThe Tierney Sutton Band4:24
On BroadwayThe New York Theater Orchestra with The Broadway Choir3:01
On BroadwaycoverKramer4:40
On BroadwayinstrumentalJohn Brown Jnr’s Go Go Music?:??
On BroadwaycoverNeil Young & The Restless4:59
On BroadwaycoverSweet3:52
On BroadwayGeorge Benson3:50
On BroadwaycoverStacy Sullivan3:15
On BroadwayinstrumentalBobby Forrester3:57
On Broadway (single version)coverGeorge Benson5:15
On Broadwaycover and instrumental[unknown]3:33
On BroadwayThe Drifters2:55
On BroadwaycoverSlim Smith2:01
On BroadwayThe Drifters2:56
On BroadwayThe Drifters2:56
On BroadwaycoverFrankie Valli3:39
On BroadwaycoverBilly Joe Royal2:52
On Broadway (live)cover and liveGeorge Benson10:08
On Broadway (live) (7" single version)cover and liveGeorge Benson3:52
On Broadway (live)cover and liveGary Numan4:47
On Broadway (re-recording)The Drifters2:59
On Broadway (re-recording)The Drifters3:01
On Broadway (with sax)cover and instrumentalArturo Himmer4:25
On Broadway (without sax)cover and instrumentalArturo Himmer4:26
Soul Smooch: Stand by Me / Spanish Harlem / Rainy Night in Georgia / When a Man Loves a Woman / Easy / Ain’t no Sunshine / On BroadwayBen E. King / Ben E. King / Brook Benton / Percy Sledge / Clarence Carter / Al Jarreau / The Drifters8:28