The Rooftop Singers was an American progressive folk singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In". The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor. Darling put the group together in June 1962 specifically to record an updated and uptempo version of a 1920s Gus Cannon folk blues song, "Walk Right In".

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  • The Rooftop Singers was an American progressive folk singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In". The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor. Darling put the group together in June 1962 specifically to record an updated and uptempo version of a 1920s Gus Cannon folk blues song, "Walk Right In". The trio recorded the song for Vanguard Records, with updated lyrics and an arrangement featuring paired 12-string acoustic guitars. The record became the most successful in Vanguard's history. In the U.S. , the song spent two weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1963. It spent five weeks atop the Easy Listening chart, which would later become known as the Adult Contemporary chart. In addition, "Walk Right In" reached both the R&B chart (peaking at #4) as well as the country music chart (peaking at #23). The song reached #1 in Australia on the Kent Music Report in 1963, and it made the Top 10 on the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom, peaking at #10. The recording sold over one million copies, gaining gold disc status. The album containing this song was also called Walk Right In and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Folk Recording. The group differed markedly from The Weavers and most of the popular folk trios of the era, being far more influenced by blues and jazz, as well as less profoundly earnest in its political sensibilities. The group played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963. Vanguard released several further singles including the minor hit "Tom Cat". Yielding to pressure from her husband, Taylor left the trio shortly after Vanguard released its second album, Good Time! Darling and Svanoe recruited Mindy Stuart to replace her. This line-up recorded one final album, Rainy River. But the Rooftop Singers suffered without Taylor's sultry jazz phrasing and harmonic ideas, and the group never regained its footing musically, critically or commercially. Patricia Street replaced Stuart shortly before the Rooftop Singers formally disbanded in 1967. Darling and Street continued working as a duo into the early seventies, recording the album The Possible Dream for Vanguard.
  • The Rooftop Singers war eine Musikgruppe, die im Zuge des Folk-Revivals Anfang der 1960er in New York entstand. Die Mitglieder des Trios waren Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe und Lynne Taylor. Darling (Gitarre, Gesang) war zuvor bei den Weavers, wo er 1958 Pete Seeger ersetzt hatte. 1962 hörte er eine Aufnahme von Walk Right In, das Ende der 1920er ein Hit von Gus Cannnon’s Jug Stompers gewesen war. Mit Svanoe (Gitarre, Gesang) und Taylor nahm er das Stück 1963 auf. Walk Right In erreichte Platz 1 der US-Charts und wurde ein weltweiter Hit. Es blieb der einzige Hit der Rooftop Singers, die damit ein weiteres Beispiel eines One Hit Wonders sind. 1963 traten sie beim Newport Folk Festival auf, wobei ein Live-Album mitgeschnitten wurde. Es erschienen einige weitere Singles und zwei Alben, Goodtime und Rainy River. 1967 löste sich das Trio auf.
  • The Rooftop Singers est un groupe musical américain de musique folk qui se fit connaître au début des années 1960, principalement grâce à son tube "Walk Right In". Le groupe était composé d'Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe et Lynne Taylor. Darling créa le groupe en 1962 spécialement pour enregistrer une reprise d'une chanson blues folk de Gus Cannon; "Walk Right In". Le trio enregistra ce titre pour Vanguard Records, avec des paroles et des arrangements musicaux remis au gout du jour, avec notamment une guitare acoustique à 12 cordes. Le disque devint le plus gros succès dans l'histoire de Vanguard Records. Aux États-Unis, la chanson resta classé numéro 1 pendant deux semaines au Billboard Hot 100 chart au début de l'année 1963. Il resta également 5 semaines au top du Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Le groupe réalisa plusieurs singles sont leur deuxième grand succès, "Tom Cat", joué au Festival de folk de Newport en 1963. Ils réalisèrent trois albums mais leur popularité fut d'assez courte durée puisque le groupe se sépara en 1967.
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  • The Rooftop Singers was an American progressive folk singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In". The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor. Darling put the group together in June 1962 specifically to record an updated and uptempo version of a 1920s Gus Cannon folk blues song, "Walk Right In".
  • The Rooftop Singers war eine Musikgruppe, die im Zuge des Folk-Revivals Anfang der 1960er in New York entstand. Die Mitglieder des Trios waren Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe und Lynne Taylor. Darling (Gitarre, Gesang) war zuvor bei den Weavers, wo er 1958 Pete Seeger ersetzt hatte. 1962 hörte er eine Aufnahme von Walk Right In, das Ende der 1920er ein Hit von Gus Cannnon’s Jug Stompers gewesen war. Mit Svanoe (Gitarre, Gesang) und Taylor nahm er das Stück 1963 auf.
  • The Rooftop Singers est un groupe musical américain de musique folk qui se fit connaître au début des années 1960, principalement grâce à son tube "Walk Right In". Le groupe était composé d'Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe et Lynne Taylor. Darling créa le groupe en 1962 spécialement pour enregistrer une reprise d'une chanson blues folk de Gus Cannon; "Walk Right In".
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