"Remember (Walking in the Sand)", also known as "Remember", is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton. It was originally recorded by the The Shangri-Las, who had a top five hit with it in 1964. Mary Weiss ( lead singer) was 15years old when they recorded this.
The song contains recurring seagulls-and-surf sound effects. He used The Shangri-Las on the demo, which he himself produced. (A not-yet-famous Billy Joel is said by Morton to have played the piano chords that open the song.) According to some accounts, the original version was nearly seven minutes long. In order to fit the AM radio format of the time, the song had to be cut in length, but rather than edit it, Morton simply faded it out after 2:10.
in 1980 was a minor hit.
"Remember (Walking in the Sand)", also known as "Remember", is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton. It was originally recorded by the The Shangri-Las, who had a top five hit with it in 1964. Mary Weiss ( lead singer) was 15years old when they recorded this.
The song contains recurring seagulls-and-surf sound effects. He used The Shangri-Las on the demo, which he himself produced. (A not-yet-famous Billy Joel is said by Morton to have played the piano chords that open the song.) According to some accounts, the original version was nearly seven minutes long. In order to fit the AM radio format of the time, the song had to be cut in length, but rather than edit it, Morton simply faded it out after 2:10.
[A cover by Aerosmith](https://hooktube.com/watch?v=POLYGEfhQBc) in 1980 was a minor hit.
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