Oh What A Night lyrics

If this old school slow-burning crooner seems a little too vintage to be from 1969, it’s because it is. The Dells originally recorded it in 1956 when it became a regional hit in their native Chicago. Unfortunately, bass vocalist Chuck Barksdale wasn’t on the record, so he persuaded the group to re-record the song 13 years later. Adding an opening monologue and Barksdale’s own bass vocals, while Bobby Miller capitalized on the production strides that America’s musical landscape had undergone over the course of all of that time. The result was a national Top 10 hit that Rolling Stone went on to rank as the 263rd Greatest Song of All Time.