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The Five Satins are an American doo-wop group, best known for their 1956 million-selling song "In the Still of the Night." [ 1 ] They were formed in 1954 and continued performing until 1994. When it was formed, the group consisted of six members, which was eventually cut down to five.
The Five Satins' original version was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981) [4] —and ranked No. 90 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [5]
The song was praised by critics and fans alike, and remains one of Milsap's most popular recordings. In a year when 51 songs rotated out of the Hot Country Singles' number-one position, "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" was one of just two songs of the group to spend more than one week at number one (it spent two, as did The Judds ' " Have Mercy ...
Fred Parris, a songwriter best known for being part of The Five Satins and its 1956 ballad "In The Still of the Night," has died. He was 85.The group's Facebook page released a statement Friday ...
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[5] "Simultaneously an evocative mood piece and a joyous tribute to the doo wop groups of the '50s", [6] the song depicts the Magrittes as secret admirers of the Penguins, the Moonglows, the Orioles, and the Five Satins. The lyrics refer to this as "the deep forbidden music they've been longing for" and says that others also "have (it) hidden ...
"To the Aisle" is a 1957 song recorded by The Five Satins with songwriting credits to group members Jim Freeman, Jessie Murphy, Bill Baker, Tommy Killebrew, and John Brown. The arrangement included an alto saxophone and an oboe played in harmony during the bridge and the oboe at the song's closing, very unusual for the time.
[9] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune awarded three-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Interspersed among the 28 songs (including Chuck Berry with his 'Johnny B. Goode,' Danny and the Juniors bubbling 'At the Hop,' and The Five Satins wailing 'In the Still of the Night,') are film clips and photographs of the persons, movies, and fads ...