Single:
Under the Boardwalk and Walking the Dog were released in Australia as a double-A-side single. It entered the Australian singles chart* on 30 January 1965 and peaked at #1. It was #8 on the Top 100 of 1965.
Album:
Under the Boardwalk is on 12X5 which first charted in Australia in 1964, then re-entered the Australian albums chart* on 9 January 1965 and peaked at #2.
Songwriters:
Under the Boardwalk – Kenny Young, Arthur Resnick
Walking the Dog – Rufus Thomas
Producer:
Andrew Loog Oldham
Record label of Australian release:
Decca
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Under the Boardwalk:
Walking the Dog:
BONUS CLIP BELOW – The Rolling Stones performing Walking the Dog on Australian television
Wikipedia – Under the Boardwalk:
Under the Boardwalk was written by Kenny Young and Arthur Resnick and was first recorded by the Drifters in 1964. Their version peaked at #62 in Australia.
The most successful version in this country was by The Rolling Stones, going all the way to #1. The Stones version was released as a single only in Australia, South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
A version by Bette Midler in 1989 reached #27 in Australia.
The lyric describes a tryst between a man and his beloved in a seaside town, who plan to privately meet “out of the sun” and out of sight from everyone else under a boardwalk.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Boardwalk
Wikipedia – Walking the Dog:
Walking the Dog was written and first performed in 1964 by Rufus Thomas, and recorded several months later by The Rolling Stones.
Unlike most Stones’ recordings, the song features harmony vocals on the chorus solely by Brian Jones (most early Stones songs feature Jones and Bill Wyman on backing vocals, with Keith Richards replacing the two not long after), which makes their recording of the song unique in their catalogue.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_the_Dog
Lyrics:
Under the Boardwalk
Walking the Dog
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BONUS CLIP
The Rolling Stones performed Walking the Dog on the Australian television special Big Beat ’65, hosted by Roy Orbison. It was filmed at ATV-0 Melbourne in January 1965 and broadcast in February.
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