"Black Night" | ||||
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Single by Charles Brown Trio | ||||
B-side | "Once There Live a Fool" | |||
Released | January 1951 | |||
Format | 10-inch 78 rpm record | |||
Recorded | December 21, 1950 | |||
Studio | Radio Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Blues | |||
Length | 3:07 | |||
Label | Aladdin (no. 3076) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jessie Mae Robinson | |||
Charles Brown Trio singles chronology | ||||
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"Black Night" is a 1951 blues song by Charles Brown. A slow minor-key blues, it is performed in the West Coast blues-style. Brown, on vocal and piano, is backed by a small combo with the addition of Maxwell Davis on saxophone.
"Black Night" was Brown's second single to reach number one on Billboard's R&B chart. It remained at the top position for 14 weeks, longer than any other single. In 2005, it was inducted into the Blues Foundation Blues Hall of Fame as a "Classic of Blues Recording – Single or Album Track".