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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.
"A Thousand Miles Away" is a 1956 song recorded by the American doo-wop group The Heartbeats. The song was written by James Sheppard and William H. Miller. [ 1 ] The sequel, "Daddy's Home," also written by Sheppard and performed by his group Shep and the Limelites, was released in 1961.
The song is considered a sequel to the song "Thousand Miles Away", with the closing line in the coda being: "I'm Not a Thousand Miles Away". "Daddy's Home" reached no. 2 on the Billboard popular music chart in May 1961. [1] It was kept from No.1 by "Travelin' Man" by Ricky Nelson. [2]
The Five Satins' original version was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981) [4] —and ranked No. 90 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [5]
Kahl Music, publisher of "A Thousand Miles Away", an earlier song written by Sheppard, sued Keel Music, publisher of "Daddy's Home", for copyright violation. Keel eventually lost, and this resulted in the end of the Limelites and Hull Records in 1966. Bassett joined The Flamingos and Baskerville joined The Players and then The Drifters.
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"1000 Miles Away" is a song by Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus. It was released in May 1991 as the second single from the group's fifth studio album, Kinky . "1000 Miles Away" peaked at number 37 on the Australian singles chart.
She is doing the grand in a distant land, Ten thousand miles away. Verse 3. Oh! that was a dark and dismal day When last she left the strand She bade good-bye with a tearful eye, and waved her lily hand - And waved her lily hand, my boys, As the big ship left the bay "Adieu" says she, "remember me, Ten thousand miles away." Verse 4