Take the Time
1967 · Mercury 72670 · Queens, New York
- Artist
- The Shangri-Las
- Title
- Take the Time
- Release
- Take the Time / Footsteps on the Roof
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Mercury # 72670
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Queens, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- Ritchie Cordell, Sal Trimachi
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Girl Group · Soul
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]
Soul, girl group, patriotic
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Credits from Discogs promo (release 5452539): written by R. Cordell, S. Trimachi; arranged by Shadow Morton; published by Hastings Music Corp. / Kama Sutra Music, Inc.; pressed by Mercury Record Manufacturing Company. B-side Footsteps on the Roof 2:35. Also UK issue Mercury MF 979 (1967). Did not chart.
About the artist
Girl group formed in 1963 at Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, Queens, New York City (Mary and Betty Weiss, Marge and Mary Ann Ganser); after Red Bird folded they moved to Mercury, had no further hits and disbanded in 1968. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]