Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies
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{{Infobox song
| name = Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies
| cover = Kissin'_in_the_Back_Row_of_the_Movies_-_The_Drifters.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = The Drifters
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| B-side = I'm Feeling Sad (And Oh So Lonely)
| released = June 1974
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| label = Bell
| writer = Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay
| producer = Billy Davis, Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
| prev_title = Like Sister and Brother
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Down on the Beach Tonight
| next_year = 1974
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"Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" is a song originally recorded by The Drifters in 1974. It was the second of four charting singles released from their Love Games LP. Johnny Moore is the lead singer.
The song reached the Top 10 in the UK, the second of three to do so. "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" also reached the Top 10 in Australia.
Composition
Interviewed on BBC Radio 2 in 2022, the song's co-writer Roger Greenaway revealed he had to persuade Johnny Moore to record the song after Moore questioned the appropriateness of a man of his age performing lyrics such as "When I pick her up from school" and "When her homework's done". Greenaway claimed he managed to convince Moore to put his voice to the record by insisting Drifters fans would be unconcerned by the lyrics and that the song would be a hit. After the song was released and reached Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart, Moore admitted he had been wrong to question the song and from that point on referred to Greenaway as "The Doctor".{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Johnnie is joined by songwriter Roger Greenaway |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015l35 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}
Chart history
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| Chart (1974)
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| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/dY7i5IF|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1974|publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 29 |via= Imgur |date= 30 December 1974 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }}
| style="text-align:center;"|64 |
| UK {{cite journal |title=Top Selling Singles for 1974 |periodical=Music Week |publisher=Spotlight Publications |location=London, England |page=20 |date=4 January 1975}}
| style="text-align:center;"|22 |
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References
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External links
- {{YouTube|kvdU6W-lfKA|Listen to "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies"}}
{{The Drifters}}
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