Australian singles chart:
Rhythm of the Rain entered the Kent charts on 2 March 1963 and peaked at #2. The song was #44 on the Top 100 of 1963.
Album:
The song is on The Cascades’ 1963 album Rhythm of the Rain.
Songwriter:
John Claude Gummoe
Producer:
Barry De Vorzon
Record label of Australian release:
Warner Bros
Songfacts:
Rhythm of the Rain was written by The Cascades lead singer John Gummoe, who told Songfacts the story in October 2008: “I wrote Rhythm of the Rain over a period of time, but the lyrics began while I was serving in the US Navy aboard the USS Jason (AR-8). I was standing a midwatch on the bridge while we were underway to Japan. We were sailing up in the North Pacific and it was raining heavily and the seas were tossing. The title came to me first and I liked the ring of it, the way it flowed, and that night I wrote down most of the lyrics. It was like the rain was talking.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-cascades/rhythm-of-the-rain
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