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"Rhythm of the Rain" is a song performed by The Cascades, released in November 1962. It was written by Cascades band member John Claude Gummoe. It rose to number three on the US pop chart on March 9, 1963, and spent two weeks at number one on the US Easy Listening chart. ''Billboard'' ranked the record as the No. 4 song of 1963.〔(Top 5 Songs of Each Year ) Retrieved May 8, 2015〕 The song was also a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom and a number-one single in Ireland. In Canada, the song was on the CHUM Chart for a total of 12 weeks and reached number 1 in March 1963. In 1999 BMI listed the song as the ninth most performed song on radio/TV in the 20th century.〔(Top 100 Songs of the Century ) Retrieved September 21, 2011〕 The Cascades' recording was used in the soundtrack of the 1979 film ''Quadrophenia'' and included in its soundtrack album.〔(IMDB Quadrophenia Entry )〕 The song arrangement features distinctive use of a celesta. ==Theme== The lyrics are sung by a man who wishes the rain would stop falling and reminding him of the error of his ways, and to let him cry alone, as his lover has left him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rhythm of the Rain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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