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Produced by Phil Spector, also My Sweet Lord (George Harrison), Imagine (John Lennon) and Across the Universe (The Beatles)
Written by Cynthia Weil, also On Broadway (The Drifters), Just Once (Quincy Jones) and Shades of Gray (The Monkees)
Released on Philles Records, also River Deep – Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner), Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers) and Ebb Tide (The Righteous Brothers)
Engineered by William McMeekin, also Keep Gettin’ It On (Marvin Gaye), Please Stay (Once You Go Away) (Marvin Gaye) and If I Should Die Tonight (Marvin Gaye)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Phil Spector produced 7 of The Crystals’s top 10 songs
4 other songs on fono were recorded at Mirasound Studios, by Irma Thomas and The Who and others
William McMeekin engineered 3 of The Crystals’s top 10 songs
Phil Spector produced 112 songs on fono
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
- Produced by
- Phil Spector
- Performed by
- Barbara Alston and Phil Spector
- Engineered by
- William McMeekin
- Part of
- Twist Uptown
- Recorded at
- Mirasound Studios
- Released on
- Philles Records
- Written by
- Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
- Produced by
- Phil Spector
- Performed by
- Barbara Alston and Phil Spector
- Engineered by
- William McMeekin
- Part of
- Twist Uptown
- Recorded at
- Mirasound Studios
- Released on
- Philles Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Phil Spector
Same writer: Cynthia Weil
Same engineer: William McMeekin
Same label: Philles Records
Same release: Twist Uptown
Same studio: Mirasound Studios
Same producer: Phil Spector
Same writer: Cynthia Weil
Elsewhere
Sources (10)
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1MusicBrainz Uptown was performed by Barbara Alston
2MusicBrainz Uptown was performed by Phil Spector
3MusicBrainz Uptown was produced by Phil Spector
4MusicBrainz Uptown was written by Barry Mann
5MusicBrainz Uptown was written by Cynthia Weil
6MusicBrainz Uptown is part of the release Twist Uptown
Uptown is part of the release Twist Uptown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Uptown was recorded at Mirasound Studios
Uptown was recorded at Mirasound Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Philles Records is the label of the song Uptown
Philles Records is the label of the song Uptown
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Uptown was engineered by William McMeekin
Uptown was engineered by William McMeekin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Uptown was released on 1962