| 词条 | Uptown (The Crystals song) |
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| name = Uptown | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = The Crystals | album = Twist Uptown | released = {{start date|1962|}} | B-side = "What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen" | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = | label = Philles | writer = Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | producer = | prev_title = There's No Other (Like My Baby) | prev_year = 1961 | next_title = He Hit Me (and It Felt like a Kiss) | next_year = 1962 }} "Uptown" is a 1962 single by The Crystals. BackgroundIn 1961, The Crystals recorded "There's No Other (Like My Baby)" with producer Phil Spector. When The Crystals went to record "Uptown" the following year, the group had not received payment from Spector for "There's No Other". After recording "Uptown", The Crystals were not paid by Spector, which led the group to fire their manager Benny Wells and hire the new one Daniel Turner. [1]RecordingBefore The Crystals recorded "Uptown", La La Brooks replaced Myrna Girrard after Girrard became pregnant.[2] During a retake of "Uptown", Spector brought in Eva Boyd after songwriters Cynthia Well and Barry Mann convinced him to redo the vocals. Boyd got angry with Spector after having to re-record her vocals for "Uptown" multiple times, which lead to Spector to release the original version with The Crystals.[3] Composition"Uptown" was originally written for Tony Orlando, but Spector convinced songwriters Cynthia Well and Barry Mann to give him the song.[4] After acquisition, Spector changed some of the notes to ones that Barbara Alston of the Crystals could sing and modified the lyrics to be about an African American instead of a Latin American.{{sfn|Emerson|2005|p=136}} The lyrics in "Uptown" about living in the slums created a "sophisticated and socially conscious" song that laid the framework for later rock and roll songs.{{sfn|Musso|2014|p=149}} ReceptionBillboard magazine said that with the flip side "What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen", both songs had "appeal for both pop and r&b buyers".[5]Chart performanceIn 1962, "Uptown" peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100[6] and #18 on the Hot R&B Sides.[7] Cover versions"Uptown" was covered by Anita Lindblom for Fontana and Peter Gordeno for HMV.[8] References1. ^{{cite book |last1=Musso|first1=Anthony P.|title=Setting the Record Straight|date=2007 |publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781425959869|page=150|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=JiBKaCWt9_IC&lpg=PA150 |accessdate=17 July 2017}} 2. ^{{cite book |last1=Clemente|first1=John |title=Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked The World |date=2013|publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781477276334|pages=70|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=Y3_ctCvFZDoC&lpg=70 |accessdate=31 July 2017}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Emerson|first1=Ken|title=Always Magic in the Air|date=2005 |publisher=Viking|isbn=0670034568|page=136|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=H7N3tPSny6AC&lpg=PT125}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Bronson|first1=Fred|title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits|date=2003|publisher=Billboard Books|isbn=9780823076772 |page=119 |edition=Updated and Expanded 5th|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=PgGqNrqfrsoC&lpg=PT128 |accessdate=28 July 2017}} 5. ^{{cite magazine |author= |title=Singles Review |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=VBYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA19 |magazine=Billboard |page=19 |date=3 March 1962 |access-date=31 July 2017}} 6. ^{{cite magazine |author= |title=Hot 100 |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=FRcEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA14 |magazine=Billboard |page=Cover |date=26 May 1962 |access-date=31 July 2017}} 7. ^{{cite magazine |author= |title=Hot R&B Sides |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=RBcEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT13|magazine=Billboard |page=45 |date=9 June 1962 |access-date=31 July 2017}} 8. ^{{cite magazine |last=Wedge |first=Don |date=2 June 1962 |title=Form Shadrich Disk Production |magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=PhcEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=16 |access-date=31 July 2017}} 6 : 1962 singles|The Crystals songs|Songs written by Barry Mann|Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil|1962 songs|Philles Records singles |
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