Released January 1951 (1951-01) | Format 10-inch 78 rpm record | |
B-side "Once There Live a Fool" Recorded December 21, 1950 (1950-12-21) Studio Radio Recorders, Los Angeles |
"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".
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