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Saturday Night at the Movies (song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Saturday Night at the Movies'" is a song written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, and recorded by The Drifters from the United States with Johnny Moore as vocalist. The song was arranged and conducted by Teacho Wiltshire and produced by Bert Berns.
The song was released as a 1964 single, peaking at #18th position at the Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at #35.
The song charted again, in the United Kingdom in March 1972 when reissued as a double A-side with "At The Club" peaking at #3 at the UK Singles Chart.
Personnel
The song was recorded on August 4, 1964 at Atlantic Studios in New York City.
* Johnny Moore, lead tenor vocal
* Charlie Thomas, tenor vocal
* Eugene Pearson, baritone vocal
* Johnny Terry, bass vocal
* Ernie Hayes, piano
* Everett Barksdale, guitar
* Bill Suyker, guitar
* Bob Bushnell, guitar
* Milt Hinton, bass
* Gary Chester, drums
Chart performance
Other versions
*Inger st recorded the song with lyrics in Swedish by 'Green' as 'P nian p lrdag', releasing it as a single in January 1968, with 'ppna ditt hjrta' ('Open Your Heart') acting as a B-side.[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001441628 Information] at Svensk mediedatabas
*In 1991, a version was featured in the horror movie Popcorn by Ossie D and Stevie G.
*In 1996, a version was featured as track 5 on the album Take Two, the second and final studio album by English pop-duo Robson and Jerome. It also features on both of the duo's compilation albums, titled "Happy Days - The Best Of" and "The Love Songs".
*In 2002, the song was recorded by Swedish band Barbados on the album 'Vrlden utanfr'.[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001441628 Information] at Svensk mediedatabas
*In 2008, Swedish band Drifters recorded the song on the album 'Tycker om dig: Svngiga ltar frn frr'.[http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/002630066 Information] at Svensk mediedatabas
*In 2017, English singer Joe McElderry recorded the song on his #10 album, also titled Saturday Night at the Movies.
References
Category:1964 singles
Category:The Drifters songs
Category:Songs written by Barry Mann
Category:Songs with lyrics by Cynthia Weil
Category:1968 singles
Category:Drifters (Swedish band) songs
Category:Barbados (band) songs
Category:1964 songs
Category:Atlantic Records singles
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