Oh, What a Night (song)

Oh, What a Night (song)
"Oh, What a Night"
Single by The Dells
from the album Love Is Blue
B-side Believe Me
Released August 1969
Format 7" single
Recorded 1969
Genre Doo-wop/soul
Length 6:09
Label Cadet Records
Writer(s) Marvin Junior, Johnny Funches
Producer Bobby Miller
Certification Gold
The Dells singles chronology
"I Can't Do Enough"
(1969)
"Oh, What a Night"
(1969)
"On the Dock of the Bay"
(1969)

"Oh, What a Night" is a song first recorded by the doo-wop group The Dells and released in 1956, originally under the title "Oh What a Nite". The Dells' recording peaked at number four on the R&B singles chart and was released on the Vee Jay Records label. Re-released in 1969, the song was refashioned as a soul song released on the Cadet label. "Oh, What a Night" was notably different than its original counterpart with an altered arrangement and tempo. The re-release reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number-one on the Best Selling Soul singles chart.[1].

The song is said to have been inspired by a party, which had been held in The Dells' honor by some female friends of the group.[2]

The 1969 version was ranked #260 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time[3].

"Oh, What a Night" has been covered by Change on Sharing Your Love (1982), Tracey Ullman (1983), Lester Bowie (1986), The Moonlighters (1988), Nick Kamen (1988), Barbara Jones (1995), Donnie & the Del Chords (1999), Unisoghn (2001) and John Barrowman (2010).

Contents

Personnel

1950s version

  • Lead vocals by Johnny Funches
  • Background vocals by Johnny Funches, Marvin Junior, Michael McGill, Chuck Barksdale and Verne Allison

1960s version

  • Lead vocals by Junior Marvin (Marvin Junior)
  • Background vocals by Johnny Carter, Michael McGill, Chuck Barksdale and Verne Allison
  • Spoken intro by Chuck Barksdale
  • Produced by Bobby Miller

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 154. 
  2. ^ The Dells
  3. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". RollingStone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596105/oh_what_a_night. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 

External links

Preceded by
"Share Your Love with Me" by Aretha Franklin
Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles number-one single
September 27, 1969
Succeeded by
"I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations



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