"It Might as Well Rain Until September" is a 1962 song originally written for Bobby Vee by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. King recorded the demo version of the song and it became a hit for her. However, Vee's management balked at releasing the song as a single, instead using it only as an album track. Bobby Vee recorded the song the same year for his 1963 Liberty album The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.
The song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and intended for Bobby Vee, for whom they had already written the song "Take Good Care of My Baby", a number one hit in the United States in 1961, and which remains Vee's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100. King recorded the demo version of the song[1] and this version was released as a double A-side single with "Nobody's Perfect". Although she had recorded earlier for ABC-Paramount and Alpine Records, '.....September' was Carole King's first commercial success as a singer, having already had a number of hits as a songwriter. The recording was only ever intended as a demo, and as such there is no master tape, only an acetate. This is the reason why all digital releases of this recording are of inferior quality compared to other songs of this era.
Don Kirshner liked Carole King's version of "September" so much that, even after hearing Bobby Vee's version, he decided to release King's version as a single on the Dimension label.[2] Carole King had two small children and did not have any interest in traveling the country to promote the record. Despite that, King was ultimately persuaded by Don Kirshner and Gerry Goffin to appear on Dick Clark's American Bandstand, where she lip-synched to the record (as was almost always done on the show) and, unlike many other performers who were given good ratings, was given a terrible rating of a 42 out of 100 by the Bandstand kids.[1] King was devastated by the very poor score, but the song still became popular.
It later appeared on the album More American Graffiti.[3] It is also included on Carole King's 2005 live album The Living Room Tour, on which it is performed as part of a medley with other songs she wrote with Gerry Goffin.[4]
Chartsedit
The single was released in 1962 and made it to number 22 on the Billboard chart in September of that year,[2] appearing on the Hot 100 chart dated October 6, 1962 (chart dates are approximately one and a half weeks ahead of their actual release dates).[5] The recording was considerably more popular in the United Kingdom, peaking at number three in October 1962, the highest position of any Carole King recording in the British charts.
Bobby Vee, for whom the song was originally written, recorded the song for his 1963 album The Night Has a Thousand Eyes. The song was later included on the compilation albums The Essential Bobby Vee,[6]Legendary Master Series: Bobby Vee and Best of.
British singer Helen Shapiro covered the song for her 1964 album Helen Hits Out.[7] It later appeared on the compilation albums The Ultimate Helen Shapiro and The Very Best of Helen Shapiro.
The song was covered by the 1960s studio project Marquis of Kensington and released as their third and final single.
Australian soft rock group, Dove, issued their version in 1973.[8]
Canadian pop duo Gary and Dave had it as a hit in Canada in 1974.[9]
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It Might as Well Rain Until September is a 1962 song originally written for Bobby Vee by Carole King and Gerry Goffin King recorded the demo version of the song and it became a hit for her However Vee s management balked at releasing the song as a single instead using it only as an album track Bobby Vee recorded the song the same year for his 1963 Liberty album The Night Has a Thousand Eyes It Might as Well Rain Until September Single by Carole Kingfrom the album The Dimension DollsA side Nobody s Perfect Released1962GenrePopLength2 19LabelDimensionSongwriter s Carole King Gerry GoffinProducer s Gerry GoffinCarole King singles chronology It Might as Well Rain Until September 1962 He s a Bad Boy 1963 Audio sample source source filehelp Contents 1 Background 2 Charts 3 Other versions 4 References 5 External linksBackground editThe song was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin and intended for Bobby Vee for whom they had already written the song Take Good Care of My Baby a number one hit in the United States in 1961 and which remains Vee s biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100 King recorded the demo version of the song 1 and this version was released as a double A side single with Nobody s Perfect Although she had recorded earlier for ABC Paramount and Alpine Records September was Carole King s first commercial success as a singer having already had a number of hits as a songwriter The recording was only ever intended as a demo and as such there is no master tape only an acetate This is the reason why all digital releases of this recording are of inferior quality compared to other songs of this era Don Kirshner liked Carole King s version of September so much that even after hearing Bobby Vee s version he decided to release King s version as a single on the Dimension label 2 Carole King had two small children and did not have any interest in traveling the country to promote the record Despite that King was ultimately persuaded by Don Kirshner and Gerry Goffin to appear on Dick Clark s American Bandstand where she lip synched to the record as was almost always done on the show and unlike many other performers who were given good ratings was given a terrible rating of a 42 out of 100 by the Bandstand kids 1 King was devastated by the very poor score but the song still became popular It later appeared on the album More American Graffiti 3 It is also included on Carole King s 2005 live album The Living Room Tour on which it is performed as part of a medley with other songs she wrote with Gerry Goffin 4 Charts editThe single was released in 1962 and made it to number 22 on the Billboard chart in September of that year 2 appearing on the Hot 100 chart dated October 6 1962 chart dates are approximately one and a half weeks ahead of their actual release dates 5 The recording was considerably more popular in the United Kingdom peaking at number three in October 1962 the highest position of any Carole King recording in the British charts Year Chart Position 1962 US Billboard Hot 100 22 1962 UK Singles Chart 3Other versions editBobby Vee for whom the song was originally written recorded the song for his 1963 album The Night Has a Thousand Eyes The song was later included on the compilation albums The Essential Bobby Vee 6 Legendary Master Series Bobby Vee and Best of British singer Helen Shapiro covered the song for her 1964 album Helen Hits Out 7 It later appeared on the compilation albums The Ultimate Helen Shapiro and The Very Best of Helen Shapiro The song was covered by the 1960s studio project Marquis of Kensington and released as their third and final single Australian soft rock group Dove issued their version in 1973 8 Canadian pop duo Gary and Dave had it as a hit in Canada in 1974 9 Boy band Child covered the song as a B side for their 1978 single It s Only Make Believe 10 Susan Cowsill recorded a version of this song released as a single in 1976 Swedish language versions Jag onskar att det alltid vore sommar I wish it was always summer with lyrics by Bengt Palmers and Eleanor Bodel were recorded and released by Eleanor Bodel 1969 11 Flamingokvintetten 1982 12 Lisbet Jagedal amp Pools orkester 1991 13 Lotta Engbergs orkester 1997 14 and Drifters 2008 15 References edit a b It Might As Well Rain Until September by Carole King Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King Ntl matrix com Archived from the original on July 6 2011 Retrieved May 20 2014 a b Dave Thompson It Might as Well Rain Until September Carole King Listen Appearances Song Review AllMusic Retrieved May 20 2014 Track 13 LP2 More American Graffiti 1975 MCA 2 8007 Introduced by Wolfman Jack Official Website of Carole King Songwriter Performer Author Carole King November 21 2013 Retrieved December 16 2013 Carole King Chart history Billboard Retrieved May 20 2014 Bobby Vee Diskografie auf mufin com Playliste anhoren Ahnliche Musik entdecken www mufin com Archived from the original on July 14 2011 Retrieved January 17 2022 THE HELEN SHAPIRO FAN CLUB UNITED KINGDOM UK ALBUMS 1962 1965 Aearwaker tripod com Retrieved December 16 2013 McFarlane Ian 1999 Encyclopedia entry for Dove Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop St Leonards NSW Allen amp Unwin ISBN 1 86508 072 1 Archived from the original on August 3 2004 RPM Top 100 Singles August 3 1974 PDF Steffen Hung Child It s Only Make Believe hitparade ch Retrieved December 16 2013 fonogram Jag onskar att det alltid vore sommar in Swedish Svensk mediedatabas 1969 Retrieved May 29 2011 Svensk mediedatabas Retrieved May 29 2011 Svensk mediedatabas Retrieved May 29 2011 Svensk mediedatabas Retrieved May 29 2011 Svensk mediedatabas Retrieved May 29 2011 External links editLyrics on caroleking com Song information Archived July 6 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title It Might as Well Rain Until September amp oldid 1211973102, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
