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Started: 1954 City and Country of Origin: New Haven, Connecticut Music Training: Awards: 2003 inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame Top Recordings: "In the Still of the Nite," "To The Aisle" The Five Satins Biography: The Five Satins are an American doo wop group, best known for their song "In the Still of the Nite." The group, then consisting of lead vocalist Fred Parris, Lou Peebles, Stanley Dortch, Ed Martin and Jim Freeman, was formed in 1954. After the group had little success, they reorganized, with Dortch and Peebles leaving, and new member Al Denby entering. The group then recorded "In the Still of the Nite", which was originally released as the b-side to the single, "The Jones Girl". The single was released the following year, and "In the Still of the Night" ended up charting at number three on the R&B charts and number 25 on the pop charts. Parris entered the Army soon after, and the group reorganized again, with Martin, Freeman, Tommy Killebrew, Jessie Murphy and new lead Bill Baker. This lineup hit with another highly successful song, Billy Dawn Smith's "To The Aisle." Upon Parris' return from the Army, a new lineup was assembled, consisting of Parris, Lou Peebles (who was in a previous incarnation of the Five Satins), Sylvester Hopkins, Richie Freeman and Wes Forbes. The group would be briefly known as "Fred Parris and the Scarlets", until the Baker-led group split up. At this point, they reverted to the Five Satins name, but had little success on the charts. By the early 1970s the group was Parris, Peebles, Richie Freeman, Jimmy Curtis and Corky Rogers, and they continued recording into the 1980s, with Parris, Richie Freeman, Curtis and Nate Marshall. Meanwhile, Bill Baker started his own Five Satins group in 1981, with former Satin Sylvester Hopkins and Hopkins' brothers Carl and Frank. By the late 1980s, this group consisted of Baker, Harvey Potts, Jr., Anthony Hofler and Octavio DeLeon. Although "In the Still of the Nite," rose no higher than number 25 on the pop charts it eventually achieved a cult like following which made it the perennial number 1 choice on CBS FM's yearly top 500 countdown. Fred Parris continues to perform. Bill Baker passed away in 1994. Source Wikipedia |
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