(Feels Like a) Summer's Night

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"(Feels Like a) Summer's Night"
Single by Ol' 55
from the album Cruisin' for a Bruising
B-side "He's Gotta Go"
Released March 1978
Recorded 1977
Genre Blues Rock, Classic Rock
Length3:58
Label Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s) Jimmy Manzie
Producer(s) Bob Taylor
Ol' 55 singles chronology
"Stay (While the Night Is Still Young)"
(1977)
"(Feels Like a) Summer's Night"
(1978)
"Time for Rock 'n' Roll"
(1978)

"Stay (While the Night Is Still Young)"
(1977)
"(Feels Like a) Summer's Night"
(1978)
"Time for Rock 'n' Roll"
(1978)

"(Feels Like a) Summer's Night" is a song written by Jimmy Manzie and recorded by Australian band Ol' 55. The song was released in March 1978 as the second single from the band's third studio album, Cruisin' for a Bruising (1978). The song peaked at number 50 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

James William Manzie, known as Jimmy Manzie or Jim Manzie, is an Australian musician and songwriter for a variety of bands including rock revival band Ol' 55 (1975–1979), pop groups The Breakers (1979–1982) and The Fives (1982) before turning to solo work, production and composing for film/television scores and soundtracks. As a member of Ol' 55, Manzie wrote "On the Prowl" their top 20 hit single on the Australian Kent Music Report in late 1975, which was followed by their debut album, Take It Greasy which reached No. 3 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart in 1976.

Ol' 55 was an Australian band specialising in retro, 1950s-era Rock 'n' Roll. They formed as Fanis in 1972 in Sutherland, Sydney. Drummer Geoff Plummer was working with Glenn A. Baker at the NSW Department of Media and invited Baker to hear his part-time band, including Patrick "Meatballs" Drummond, Rockpile Jones and Jimmy Manzie. In 1975, Baker took on their management, renamed them as Ol' 55 for the Tom Waits song, and recruited front man Frankie J. Holden and, later in the year, saxophonist Wilbur Wilde.

<i>Cruisin for a Bruisin</i> (Ol 55 album) album

Cruisin' for a Bruisin' was the third studio album to be released by Australian band Ol' 55. The album was released in November 1978 and peaked at number 40 on the Australian Kent Music Report.

Contents

Track listing

7" (K-6936)

Charts

Chart (1978) Position
Australian Kent Music Report [1] 50

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References

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 222. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.