One Night (song)
| "One Night" | ||||
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| Single by Elvis Presley | ||||
| B-side | "I Got Stung" | |||
| Released | October 21, 1958 | |||
| Format | 45 rpm, 78 rpm single | |||
| Recorded | February 23, 1957, Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues[1] | |||
| Length | 2:32 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Dave Bartholomew, Earl King, Anita Steinman | |||
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"One Night" is a song written by Dave Bartholomew and Earl King. It was an R&B hit for Smiley Lewis in 1956, before being recorded with greater commercial success by Elvis Presley in 1959.[2]
Smiley Lewis
The original recording of the song by Smiley Lewis, for Imperial Records, is sometimes titled "One Night of Sin", in line with the original lyrics. The single reached No.11 on the Billboard R&B chart in early 1956.[3]
Elvis Presley
Presley recorded a version of the song with its original lyrics on January 18, 1957, but this version would not be released until 1983. Both Elvis' manager and record company had reservations about the suggestive lyrics. Elvis did not give up on the song. He continued to play with it during his spare time on the set of Loving You, finally rewriting the lyrics that he felt were holding the song captive, changing "One night of sin is what I'm now paying for" into "One night with you is what I'm now praying for." Presley's recording credited Anita Steinman as an additional co-writer, with Bartholomew and King.
On February 23, 1957, at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles, he showed up with his new lyrics, feeling sure they would meet his label's approval.[4][5] It was issued as a single in October 1958 and peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's singles chart. The song was published by Elvis Presley Music.
Presley's recording was issued as a double A-side with "I Got Stung", and reached number one twice on the UK Singles Chart.[6] In the U.S., "One Night", reached number four on the pop singles chart and number ten on the R&B chart.[7] The song became the UK's 1000th number-one single upon its second release in January 2005. It was also his last single to be issued on 78 RPM records in the United States.[8] On 12th February 1959, it became the first song to reach No. 1 on the Irish Music Charts Top 10, when they were being printed in the Evening Herald. It spent one week at the top spot.
Rock critic Pete Johnson observed that the song contains a triple negative with the lyrics "I ain't never did no wrong".[2]
Other versions
- 1975: English glam rock band Mud on their album Mud Rock Volume 2 (reached #32 in the UK charts)
- 1989: Joe Cocker titled his remake "One Night of Sin" on his album of the same name
- 1961: Fats Domino on his album Let the Four Winds Blow
- 2006: Billy Ray Cyrus recorded this song during the sessions for his album Wanna Be Your Joe
- 2007: Corinne Bailey Rae performed the song on Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
References
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- ↑ http://www.elvisrecords.com/one-night-i-got-stung-2/
External links
| Preceded by
"The Day the Rains Came" by Jane Morgan
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UK number-one single January 30, 1959 - February 20, 1959 |
Succeeded by "As I Love You" by Shirley Bassey with Wally Stott & His Orchestra |
| Preceded by | UK number-one single January 22, 2005 - January 28, 2005 |
Succeeded by "Goodies" by Ciara |
