Artist: Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Author: Lincoln Chase
Label: Atlantic
Year: 1954
Sunnyland Slim's saxophone part in When I Was Young (Shake It Baby) ('51) inspired the one in Such A Night. Author Lincoln Chase also wrote The Name Game and The Clapping Song, both for his wife Shirley Ellis (see there), Jim Dandy and The (Real) Nitty Gritty.
Covers:
Johnnie Ray [n°1 UK; banned in the US and by the BBC]
Cab Calloway [with the Sy Oliver Orch.]
Elvis Presley [on lp Elvis Is Back]
Johnny Hallyday [as Oh cette nuit]
Ricky Gordon [hit NL]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)