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"On Broadway" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil in collaboration with the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. At the time, Weil and Mann were writing from Aldon Music, located at 1650 Broadway, NYC.

The song was a hit for The Drifters in 1963, and has been covered by many artists such as George Benson, Eric Carmen, Bobby Darin, Percy Faith, Tom Jones, Johnny Mathis, Gary Numan, Tito Puente, Lou Rawls, Buddy Rich, Nancy Sinatra, Sly & the Family Stone, Livingston Taylor and Neil Young.

The song appeared in the film American Beauty.

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