On Broadway Grammy Award Winning Song
 Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote the lyrics for the song On Broadway. Maybe the inspiration of the song came from their location while writing the song, which was Aldon Music at 1650 in Broadway in New York city of USA. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stroller also contributed to the lyrics of this very popular number. This song has been sung time and again in its original as well as modified version by many artists.
Many singers have sung On Broadway. The Drifters were the original band that sang this song in 1963. They created the first classic pop version of this song. The Drifters song was put at the ninth position in the Billboard Hot 100 list. George Bensons version is more popular. It won Benson a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance. The song was featured on his Weekend in L.A. album. It earned the 7th position on the Billboard Hot 100. Moreover, it has set the trend of airing smooth jazz and adult contemporary music on radio. The Benson version of the song was also played at the opening honors for the Academy Award Winning film All That Jazz.
Apart from George Benson, Bobby Darin, Eric Carmen, Tom Jones, Percy Faith, Johnny Mathis, Gary Numan, Lou Rawls, Tito Puente, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Sly & the family stone, Livingstone Taylor and Niel Young form the long line of artists who have sung On Broadway. The Genesis song The lamb lies down On Broadway uses the lyrics at the end. David Bowe also uses the lyrics of the song in his album Aladdin Sane.
The song On Broadway touches on the sensitivities of the poor romantic person. He sings that Broadway may be very lively and attractive when it is brightly lit up with lights and it might seem as though there is some wonderful enthralling unusualness about the ambience but the singer questions of what use are all these if one is not rich enough to enjoy the magical pleasures offered by this special street called Broadway.
He also feels that the women On Broadway are fine but just the sight of all these luxury loving women creates a fear psychosis in him, because he knows that they will not care for him as he has no money. But then he challenges all the people who tell him that he will not to be able to survive on Broadway and will have to leave it someday, by singing that one day he will become a great musical star on this very special street. The On Broadway lyrics go as follows… They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway…they say there's always magic in the air…but when you're walkin' down the street…and you ain't had enough to eat…the glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere. Wikipedia
On Broadway Grammy Award Winning Song was written on December 21, 2007 posted in Music, Movies & TV and tag Music, Movies & TV. Wiki Pages on December 21, 2007. Tagged
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