The enduring doo-wop hit was featured prominently in films 'Dirty Dancing' and 'The Irishman.' By Steve Knopper, Billboard Fred Parris, frontman for The Five Satins, the doo-wop group whose smash 1956 ...
The incomparable Fred Parris of The Five Satins left us in the still of the night on January 13th. Can his memory trigger a new interest in doo-wop music? Fred wrote In the Still of the Night, ...
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On a winter day, Feb. 19, 1956, New Haven's The Five Satins, led by Fred Parris, unleashed something magical in a makeshift studio in the basement of St. Bernadette Catholic Church across town on ...
Over the years, the New Haven Register has written many times about Fred Parris, co-founder of The Five Satins and author of their classic hit, “In the Still of the Night.” In April 2017, a story ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fred Parris, the songwriter behind "In The Still of the Night," has died. He was 85. Parris, who was a member of doo-wop group the ...
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NEW YORK — Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s harmony group the Five Satins and composer of the classic doo-wop ballad “In the Still of the Night,” has died at age 85. Parris died Jan. 13 after ...
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