Fred Parris, creator of a doo-wop classic, dies at 85
Fred Parris, who was a lovestruck 19-year-old missing his fiancee while serving in the Army when he wrote one of pop musics most enduring songs,
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Fred Parris, who was a lovestruck 19-year-old missing his fiancee while serving in the Army when he wrote one of pop musics most enduring songs,
His “In the Still of the Night” (originally “Nite”), recorded with his group the Five Satins, came to define a sort of dreamy 1950s nostalgia.