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Black Satin is a 1956 studio album by the George Shearing Quintet, arranged by Billy May. [3]The initial Billboard magazine review from November 3, 1958 chose the album as one of its "Spotlight Winners of the Week" and commented that "Shearing's tasteful, delicate pianistics and the easy swinging jazz-flavor of the entire album".
"Black Satin" was released as a single under the name "Molester". Some CD releases split the sections of tracks 1 and 4 into individual tracks. The Complete On the Corner Sessions boxed set track list gives June 1, 1972 as the recording date of "Black Satin," but this is a mistake. The track consists of sections of "Helen Butte/Mr. Freedom X ...
The Five Satins are an American doo-wop group, best known for their 1956 million-selling song "In the Still of the Night." [1] They were formed in 1954 and continued performing until 1994. When it was formed, the group consisted of six members, which was eventually cut down to five. The group is in the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
"Nights in White Satin" is a song by English rock band the Moody Blues, written by Justin Hayward. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album Days of Future Passed . When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the UK Singles Chart and number 103 in the United States in 1968.
The use of songs as a narrative and a tool to convey an important message continued into the 20th century with Black Americans using their voices to help their fight for freedom and equality.
"Satin Doll" is a jazz standard written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] Written in 1953, the song has been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald , Carmen McRae , Billy Eckstine , Nancy Wilson , Bobby Short , and many other vocalists.
As Song, 36, revealed on Kate and ... Danny Fujikawa, as she wore a champagne satin gown by Roberto Cavalli. She accessorized the elegant look with a silver diamond necklace with a pink jewel at ...
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.