<Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Fred Parris </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Marty Kugell </Td> </Tr> <P> "In the Still of the Night", also subsequently titled "In the Still of the Nite", is a song written by Fred Parris and recorded by his Five Satins . While only a moderate hit when first released (peaking at #24 on the national pop charts), it has received considerable airplay over the years and is notable as one of the best known doo - wop songs, recorded by artists such as Boyz II Men and Debbie Gibson . It is heard in several films, such as The Buddy Holly Story and Dirty Dancing . </P> <P> The song was recorded in the Saint Bernadette Catholic School basement in New Haven, Connecticut, in February, 1956 . Marty Kugell produced the song . The saxophone solo was played by Vinny Mazzetta, of New Haven. The rhythm section was Doug Murray, bass, Bobby Mapp, drums and Curlee Glover, piano . It was originally released as a B - side (to "The Jones Girl", a play on the Mills Brothers' 1954 hit, "The Jones Boy") on Kugell's Standard Records label . Although the single was only a moderate hit (after it was reissued on the Ember label), peaking at #24 on the national pop charts and #3 on the R&B "race" charts (Billboard's chart designation for R&B during that time), its reputation came to surpass its original chart placement . For three decades, the single almost always topped the influential Top 500 Songs countdown on oldies radio station WCBS - FM . The track sold over 10 million copies in 1987 and 1988 as part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack . In April 2010, the song ranked #90 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". (The song was included on the highly influential 1959 LP Oldies But Goodies on Original Sound .) </P>

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