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    Oh, What a

    Night (The Dells


    song)

    "Oh, What a Night" is a song first recorded by the doo-wop


    group the Dells[1] and released in 1956, originally under the title
    "Oh What a Nite". It is said to have been inspired by a party,
    which had been held in the Dells' honor by some female friends
    of the group.[3]

    "Oh, What a Night"


    Single by The Dells
    :
    from the album Oh, What a Nite
    (original version) / Love Is Blue
    (re-recorded version)

    B-side "Believe Me"

    Released August 1969

    Recorded 1969

    Genre Doo-wop[1] ·
    soul[2]

    Length 4:07

    Label Cadet Records

    Songwriter(s) Marvin Junior,


    Johnny Funches

    Producer(s) Bobby Miller

    The Dells singles chronology


    :
    The Dells singles chronology

    "I Can Sing A "Oh, What "On the


    Rainbow/Love a Night" Dock of
    Is Blue" (1969) the Bay"
    (1969) (1969)

    Official audio

    "Oh, What a Night" (Cadet label) (htt


    ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT-n
    jQoB24w) on YouTube

    Reception
    The Dells' original 1956 recording on the Vee-Jay label peaked
    at #4 on the R&B singles chart. In 1969, they refashioned it as a
    :
    soul song on the Cadet label. The August 2, 1969 edition of
    Record World gave it a "Four Star Pick" review, stating: "This
    old, old, old, oldie sounds newer than tomorrow, via the Dells
    chartbreaker express. All will dig."[4] The new "Oh, What a
    Night" was notably different from its original counterpart with an
    altered arrangement and tempo, and included a spoken
    recitation, in the introduction, from bass singer Chuck
    Barksdale. This new version reached #10 on the Billboard Hot
    100 singles chart and #1 on the Best Selling Soul singles chart.
    [5]

    The 1969 version was ranked #260 on Rolling Stone's list of The
    500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[6]

    "Oh, What a Night" was subsequently recorded by Sly Stone &


    the Biscaynes (1978), Tracey Ullman (1983), Lester Bowie
    (1986), the Moonlighters (1988), Nick Kamen (1988), Barbara
    Jones (1995), Donnie & the Del Chords (1999), and Unisoghn
    (2001).

    Personnel

    1956 version
    :
    Lead vocals: Johnny Funches,
    Marvin Junior
    Background vocals: Johnny
    Funches, Marvin Junior, Michael
    McGill, Chuck Barksdale, Verne
    Allison

    1969 version

    Lead vocals: Junior Marvin


    (Marvin Junior), Johnny Carter
    Background vocals: Johnny
    Carter, Michael McGill, Chuck
    Barksdale, Verne Allison
    Spoken intro: Chuck Barksdale
    :
    Producer: Bobby Miller

    References

    1. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show


    11 - Big Rock Candy
    Mountain: Early rock 'n' roll
    vocal groups & Frank Zappa"
    (https://digital.library.unt.ed
    u/ark:/67531/metadc19759/
    m1/) (audio). Pop
    Chronicles. University of
    North Texas Libraries. Track
    5.
    :
    2. Marsh, Dave (1989). The
    Heart of Rock & Soul: The
    1001 Greatest Singles Ever
    Made (https://books.google.c
    om/books/about/The_Heart_
    Of_Rock_Soul.html?id=5t5DY
    DniSHEC) . Plume. p. 209.
    ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
    3. "The Dells" (http://www.rock
    hall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id
    =2177) . Rockhall.com.
    Retrieved 28 April 2021.
    4. "Record World" (https://worl
    dradiohistory.com/Archive-All
    :
    -Music/Record-World/60s/6
    9/Record-World-1969-08-0
    2.pdf) (PDF).
    Worldradiohistory.com.
    August 2, 1969. Retrieved
    April 28, 2021.
    5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top
    R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-
    2004. Record Research.
    p. 154.
    6. "The RS 500 Greatest Songs
    of All Time" (https://web.arch
    ive.org/web/2006122811114
    5/http://www.rollingstone.co
    :
    m/news/story/6596105/oh_
    what_a_night) .
    RollingStone.com. Archived
    from the original (https://ww
    w.rollingstone.com/news/stor
    y/6596105/oh_what_a_nigh
    t) on December 28, 2006.
    Retrieved 2008-08-15.

    External links

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame


    inductee page (http://www.rockh
    all.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=217
    :
    7)
    Songfacts: "Oh What a Nite"
    page (http://www.songfacts.co
    m/detail.php?id=2079)
    Song review and list of albums
    the song appears on (https://ww
    w.allmusic.com/song/t1047116)
    Change - Sharing Your Love
    (1982) (https://www.allmusic.co
    m/album/r3597)
    Change information, bio,
    discography and track lists (htt
    p://www.jacquespetrus.com/82in
    :
    fo.htm)

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