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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 Five Satins, died Thursday. His death was announced in a statement posted to the group’sFacebook pageon Friday.
“Sadly the music world lost one of the greats yesterday as Fred Parris passed away after a brief illness,” the statement read. “Fred’s classic song ‘In the Still of the Night’ has been recognized as one of the greatest love songs of all time and the number one requested song of the doo-wop era.”
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The songwriter had already been sent to Japan on active duty when his song took off. The track landed at No. 3 on the R&B charts, according toBillboard.
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“In the Still of the Night” has been featured in multiple films over the years, includingDirty Dancing,The IrishmanandThe Buddy Holly Story,according toBillboard.
Parris credited the track with changing his life in a 2014 interview withThe New Haven Register.
“The song has been real good to me,” Parris told theRegister. “Extremely good to me — because many other people have recorded it.”
He added, “I never expected it to have so much of an impact that people would embrace the song 50 years later. I had no idea it was going to be that successful … I didn’t know if they were going to listen to it 15 minutes later, let alone 50 years.”
source: people.com
