The Five Satins are best known for the doo wop classic "In the Still of
the Night," a song that was popular enough to make the group one of the
most famous doo wop outfits, although they never had another hit of the
same magnitude.
The origins of the Five Satins lie in the Scarlets, a New Haven, CT, doo
wop group led by Fred Parris. The Scarlets formed in 1953, while Parris
was still in high school. The group had a local hit with "Dear One" the
following year. In 1954, Parris formed the Five Satins with vocalists
Al Denby, Ed Martin, and Jim Freeman. Within the next year, Parris had
the group record "In the Still of the Night," a song he had recently
written in the basement of a local church. The first single the group
released was "In the Still of the Night." The single was released on
Standard Records in the spring of 1956. By the end of the year, it had
been leased to Ember and became a huge hit, peaking at number three on
the R&B charts and number 25 on the pop charts.
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