Can anyone help me identify a particular version of 'Under the Boardwalk' from around 1975?

Could it be The Rolling Stones cover?

What gender was the artist?

Was it in English?

The Penguin might have it:
“A cover of this song by the Rolling Stones (whose 1964 version was released as a single only in Australia and peaked at #1) appeared on their albums 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones No. 2. In 2007, it was included on the album Rhythms del Mundo Classics.”

Did you search iTunes? It usually has multiple covers of any song and you can sample each one.

No, not the Rolling Stones @janbb, but thank you : ^)

@Espiritus_Corvus I have absolutely no idea. I was just hoping that someone would recognise my description of the change in music style, it was very distinctive.

@Pachy I’ve never even used or visited the iTunes website.

Here’s the best I could find on the recording history:

Covers:

Originally by the Drifters, 1964 in two versions.

”‘Under the Boardwalk’ has since been covered by many artists, including Bette Midler, and the Tom Tom Club (whose version reached #22 in the UK Top 40 in 1982, becoming the first version of the song to chart in Britain).”

“Versions by Billy Joe Royal, Bruce Willis, 1987, (a #2 success in the UK), and Lynn Anderson (#24 on the Country singles) all reached the Billboard charts.”

“The song has been translated to Spanish and interpreted by the pioneer Argentine rock group Los Gatos Salvajes under the title of ‘Bajo la rambla’, on their 1965 debut LP Los Gatos Salvajes.”

“It was also covered by the Argentine band Los Perros on their 1992 album Perfume y dolor.”

“In Mexico it was also covered by Los Apson Boys in 1966, with the name of ‘Fue en un café’.”

“It was also covered by Ana Gabriel in 1996 with a Spanish version called “Fue en Un cafe” using the music from Bette Midler’s version of the song. She also sung the song in its original English version. Both versions are on her 1996 album Vivencias.”

“A cover of this song by the Rolling Stones (whose 1964 version was released as a single only in Australia and peaked at #1) appeared on their albums 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones No. 2. In 2007, it was included on the album Rhythms del Mundo Classics.”

Any of these ring a bell?

Here’s Bette Midler’s 1982 version (Wow, what a cheezy intro.)

Is anybody finding Fluther nearly impossible to navigate today?

@Adagio I looked on youtube.com. There are numerous versions you can listen to.

@Espiritus_Corvus I’m just rereading your question about the gender of the artist/s and wondering why the hell I told you I didn’t know. I think I read your question too quickly. It was definitely not a woman.
None of the cover versions you suggested ring any bells. I’m wondering now if it was The Drifters, just a very unusual version of the song. It was like 2 totally separate versions, very cleverly joined somewhere in the middle, somewhere around about the word “carousel”. I just wish I had more information about the album the version came from. I am almost 100% it was not a single, I remember it had a cover, although the cover design eludes me. A frustrating mystery.
Thanks for all your efforts on my behalf : ^) And yes, I am finding Fluther extremely difficult to use today, I have never known it to be so slow.

Just a comment which might or might not be helpful.
The disco culture’s incipient years were 1974 and 1975, There were a lot of re-mixes of old songs put out, especially with changes in rhythm and arrangement. Think of the I Love Lucy theme song put to a disco beat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-h2sHc7ms

These songs also were extended play versions, turning a three minute single into a six or seven minute version, long spells on the dance floor, generally fueled by something illegal being common in the NYC discos I frequented.

I wish I could cite more examples but it was a long time ago and frankly 1975 was one of the years I spent in a purple haze.

SRM

Is this what you were looking for?

http://www.whosampled.com/cover/198767/Sam-%26-Dave-Under-the-Boardwalk-The-Drifters-Under-the-Boardwalk/

SRM

It’s such a great song – whoever sings it.

Cool site @srmorgan!