<P> The song was recorded in the Saint Bernadette Catholic School basement in New Haven , Connecticut , in February , 1956 . Marty Kugell produced the song . The saxophone solo was played by Vinny Mazzetta , of New Haven. The rhythm section was Doug Murray , bass , Bobby Mapp , drums and Curlee Glover , piano . It was originally released as a B - side ( to `` The Jones Girl '' , a play on the Mills Brothers ' 1954 hit , `` The Jones Boy '' ) on Kugell 's Standard Records label . Although the single was only a moderate hit ( after it was reissued on the Ember label ) , peaking at # 24 on the national pop charts and # 3 on the R&B `` race '' charts ( Billboard 's chart designation for R&B during that time ) , its reputation came to surpass its original chart placement . For three decades , the single almost always topped the influential Top 500 Songs countdown on oldies radio station WCBS - FM . The track sold over 10 million copies in 1987 and 1988 as part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack . In April 2010 , the song ranked # 90 on the Rolling Stone magazine 's list of `` the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' . ( The song was included on the highly influential 1959 LP Oldies But Goodies on Original Sound . ) </P>
<P> The song was recorded in the Saint Bernadette Catholic School basement in New Haven , Connecticut , in February , 1956 . Marty Kugell produced the song . The saxophone solo was played by Vinny Mazzetta , of New Haven. The rhythm section was Doug Murray , bass , Bobby Mapp , drums and Curlee Glover , piano . It was originally released as a B - side ( to `` The Jones Girl '' , a play on the Mills Brothers ' 1954 hit , `` The Jones Boy '' ) on Kugell 's Standard Records label . Although the single was only a moderate hit ( after it was reissued on the Ember label ) , peaking at # 24 on the national pop charts and # 3 on the R&B `` race '' charts ( Billboard 's chart designation for R&B during that time ) , its reputation came to surpass its original chart placement . For three decades , the single almost always topped the influential Top 500 Songs countdown on oldies radio station WCBS - FM . The track sold over 10 million copies in 1987 and 1988 as part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack . In April 2010 , the song ranked # 90 on the Rolling Stone magazine 's list of `` the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' . ( The song was included on the highly influential 1959 LP Oldies But Goodies on Original Sound . ) </P>
when was in the still of the night recorded
when was in the still of the night recorded
February , 1956
February , 1956