Such a Night

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"Such a Night"
Elvis Presley Such A Night Picture Sleeve.jpg
Single by Elvis Presley
from the album Elvis Is Back!
B-side "Never Ending"
Released
  • 5 April 1960 (1960-04-05) ( Elvis Is Back! album)
  • 14 July 1964 (1964-07-14) (single)
RecordedApril 3, 1960
Studio RCA Studio B, Nashville
Genre Rock and roll
Length2:58
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s) Lincoln Chase
Elvis Presley singles chronology
"Viva Las Vegas""Such a Night""Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby"
US release of Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters recording Such a Night by Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters US 7-inch 45 RPM.png
US release of Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters recording

"Such a Night" is a popular song from 1953, written by Lincoln Chase and originally recorded by the Drifters. The Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter recorded the song in November 1953, and Atlantic Records released it in January 1954 as the intended B-side of the McPhatter-penned "Lucille", which was recorded by an earlier version of the group. Despite being banned by some radio stations as too "racy", it reached number 2 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart in 1954. [1]

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References

  1. "The Drifters - Inductees - The Vocal Group Hall of Fame Foundation". Vocalgroup.org. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 13. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.