Song · Dr. John
“Such A Night” by Dr. John
From the album In the Right Place (1973)
“Such A Night” by Dr. John appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2001 and 2022. It was first released in 1973 on the album In the Right Place. Its best result is #836 on the WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,894 indie & aaa song of all time.
Dr. John wrote "Such a Night" himself, words and music, and put it on In the Right Place, the 1973 Atco album that became the biggest seller of the New Orleans R&B man's career. Allen Toussaint produced and arranged it, piled on piano, electric piano, acoustic guitar, congas and tambourine himself, and stepped up to the backing mic alongside Robbie Montgomery and Jessie Smith.
The groove rests on a crack rhythm section, Ziggy Modeliste on drums, George Porter, Jr. on bass, Leo Nocentelli on guitar and Art Neville on organ, with Ralph MacDonald on percussion and Gary Brown on saxophone. Arif Mardin and Jimmy Douglass mixed it. The song got another airing at the Band's The Last Waltz concert, the show Martin Scorsese's film made famous.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 836 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2020 | 1424 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 1018 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
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