The Five Satins are an American doo wop group, best known for their song, "… Read Full Bio ↴The Five Satins are an American doo wop group, best known for their song, "In the Still of the Night".
The group, formed in New Haven, Connecticut, consisted of leader Fred Parris, Lou Peebles, Stanley Dortch, Ed Martin and Jim Freeman in 1954. With little success, the group reorganized, with Dortch and Peebles leaving, and new member Al Denby entering. The group then recorded "In the Still of the Night", 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 chart 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.
Fred Parris continues to perform. Bill Baker died in 1994.
Awards and recognition:
In 2003, the Five Satins were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
Present day:
One of the original members of the Five Satins now works in the cafeteria at the University of New Haven. Jim Freeman lives in Norwalk, Iowa and owns a pest control company. Wes Forbes is a psychologist in the State of California, currently employed with Alliant International University as a Training Director
Fred Parris passed away in January of 2022.
The group, formed in New Haven, Connecticut, consisted of leader Fred Parris, Lou Peebles, Stanley Dortch, Ed Martin and Jim Freeman in 1954. With little success, the group reorganized, with Dortch and Peebles leaving, and new member Al Denby entering. The group then recorded "In the Still of the Night", 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 chart 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.
Fred Parris continues to perform. Bill Baker died in 1994.
Awards and recognition:
In 2003, the Five Satins were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
Present day:
One of the original members of the Five Satins now works in the cafeteria at the University of New Haven. Jim Freeman lives in Norwalk, Iowa and owns a pest control company. Wes Forbes is a psychologist in the State of California, currently employed with Alliant International University as a Training Director
Fred Parris passed away in January of 2022.
The Jones Girl
The Five Satins Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Five Satins:
A Million to One A million to one That's what our folks think about this love…
A Night Like This ′Twas a night just like this We kissed and kissed and…
A Night To Remember In the still of the night I held you Held you tight 'Cause…
Again This couldn't happen again This is that once in a lifetime T…
Candlelight kiss me by the candlelight darling hold me oh so tight tell…
Come On When the swallows come back to Capistrano That's the day you…
Dirty Dancing In the still of the night I held you Held you tight 'Caus…
I'll Be Seeing You I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places That…
I'll Remember (Shoo-doo, shooby-do) (Shoo-doo, shooby-do) (Shoo-doo, shoob…
In The Still In the still of the night I held you Held you tight 'Caus…
In The Still Of Night In the still of the night I held you Held you tight 'Cause…
Love With No Love in Return Despite the fact it's a wonderful world With many treasures …
Million to One A million to one That's what our folks think about this love…
Night to Remember In the still of the night I held you Held you tight 'Cause…
Oh Happy Day The sun is shinin', oh, happy day-ay No more troubles and…
On The Still Of the Night In the still of the night I held you Held you tight 'Cause…
Our Anniversary oo-wah, oo, oo-wah, oo-wah, oo, oo-wah Our anniversary is he…
Shadows Someone stepped way into my dreams And tore them, tore them…
Still of The Night In the still of the night I held you Held you tight 'Cause…
The Time Until the time is through Now and forever Until the time is…
To The Aisle First a boy and a girl meet each other Then they…
WHEN THE SWALLOWS COME BACK When the swallows come back to Capistrano That's the day you…
Wonderful Girl Kiss my lips Hold my hand Tell me you love me Im your…
You Must Be An Angel You must be an angel, darling For I see heaven in…
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MikeBlitzMag
It's not often when BOTH sides of a given single turn out to be absolute, utter perfection. But that is definitely the case here.
christopher dawson
Several other examples, one MAMMOUTH two sided gem was Don't you just know it, flip it over High Blood Pressure Huey Piano Smith and the Clowns NO one and I mean no one can say one side is better than another Also Carl Perkins, Blue Suede Shoes flip it/ Honey Don't What a great time to live in, the 50;s magic!!!!
Jon Shecket
The sax solo here is not as bad as the alt take.
howard schwartz
When I bought this record in the early 60's, I flipped over this tune.
thecountofbasie
This was actually the original A-side...still great IMO
RichZ Fishes
This song was written as a play on "The Jones Boy" a Mills Brothers pop song from 1954.
southwriter
I like this better than "In The Stiil of The Night" on the flip-side.
Jimmy TEDESCO
THE FIVE SATINS - The Jones Girl - EMBER 1005 - 1956 RnB
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good sax solo
Nick Gateley
easy 2 see why this rocker was originally A side.