<P> `` Tonight 's the Night ( Gonna Be Alright ) '' is a song by Rod Stewart , recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield , Alabama for his 1976 album A Night on the Town . The song became his second US chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100 . It made its debut at number 81 on October 2 , 1976 and rose quickly , climbing from number eight to the top of the chart on November 13 , 1976 , and remained on top for eight consecutive weeks until January 8 , 1977 . It was the longest stay of any song during 1976 , as well as the longest stay at number one for Rod Stewart in his entire recording career . The song also peaked at No. 5 in the UK , No. 3 in Australia and charted well in other parts of the world . It was the number 1 song on Billboard 's 1977 year - end chart . It became the best - selling single of 1977 in the United States . As of 2015 , it is the seventeenth most popular song in the history of the chart . </P>
<P> `` Tonight 's the Night ( Gonna Be Alright ) '' is a song by Rod Stewart , recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield , Alabama for his 1976 album A Night on the Town . The song became his second US chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100 . It made its debut at number 81 on October 2 , 1976 and rose quickly , climbing from number eight to the top of the chart on November 13 , 1976 , and remained on top for eight consecutive weeks until January 8 , 1977 . It was the longest stay of any song during 1976 , as well as the longest stay at number one for Rod Stewart in his entire recording career . The song also peaked at No. 5 in the UK , No. 3 in Australia and charted well in other parts of the world . It was the number 1 song on Billboard 's 1977 year - end chart . It became the best - selling single of 1977 in the United States . As of 2015 , it is the seventeenth most popular song in the history of the chart . </P>
who sings the song tonight 's the night
who sings the song tonight 's the night
Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart