Oh, What a Night : Rolling Stone

Written by: Marvin Junior, John Funches
Produced by: Bobby Miller
Released: Aug. 1969 on Cadet
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 10

Chicago quintet the Dells scored a regional hit with this song in 1956. But bass vocalist Chuck Barksdale wasn't on the record, so thirteen years later, he persuaded the Dells to remake it -- and included his own opening monologue. "I think a little ego got involved there," he said.

Appears on: Ultimate Collection (Hip-O)

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