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Let the Music Play

The Drifters

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13 cited facts

  • 1963
  • 2:38
  • 90 BPM · A# major

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  1. Released on Atlantic, also Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin), Back in Black (AC/DC) and Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin)

  2. Written by Burt Bacharach, also Dangerous (David Guetta), Baby It’s You (Carpenters) and Somebody’s Been Lyin’ (Carpenters)

  3. Part of Under the Boardwalk, also Up on the Roof, On Broadway and Under the Boardwalk

  4. Written by Hal David, also Me Against the World (2Pac), I Say a Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin) and A House Is Not a Home (Luther Vandross)

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Credits

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Written by
Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Performed by
Bill Davis, Charlie Thomas, Dee Dee Warwick, Dionne Warwick, Doris Troy, Eugene Pearson, Rudy Lewis and Tommy Evans
Part of
Under the Boardwalk
Released on
Atlantic

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Bill Davis

    Let the Music Play was performed by Bill Davis

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Charlie Thomas

    Let the Music Play was performed by Charlie Thomas

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Dee Dee Warwick

    Let the Music Play was performed by Dee Dee Warwick

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Dionne Warwick

    Let the Music Play was performed by Dionne Warwick

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Doris Troy

    Let the Music Play was performed by Doris Troy

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Eugene Pearson

    Let the Music Play was performed by Eugene Pearson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Rudy Lewis

    Let the Music Play was performed by Rudy Lewis

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was performed by Tommy Evans

    Let the Music Play was performed by Tommy Evans

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was written by Burt Bacharach

    Let the Music Play was written by Burt Bacharach

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was written by Hal David

    Let the Music Play was written by Hal David

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  11. 11MusicBrainz Let the Music Play is part of the release Under the Boardwalk

    Let the Music Play is part of the release Under the Boardwalk

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  12. 12MusicBrainz Atlantic is the label of the song Let the Music Play

    Atlantic is the label of the song Let the Music Play

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  13. 13MusicBrainz Let the Music Play was released on 1963

    Let the Music Play was released on 1963

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026