A Million To One - The Five Satins (Ember Records) 1956, 78 rpm! A Direct Recording!
The origins of the Five Satins lie in the Scarlets, a New Haven, CT, doo wop group led by Fred Parris. The Scarlets formed in 1953, while Parris was still in high school. The group had a local hit with \"Dear One\" on the Red Robin label. Around 1954, Parris formed the Five Satins with vocalists Al Denby, Ed Martin, and Jim Freeman. Within the next year, Parris had the group record \"In the Still of the Night,\" a song he had recently written. The first single the group released was \"In the Still of the Night.\" This was recorded in the basement of St. Bernadette Church Hall in The Five Satins hometown of New Haven, Connecticut while Parris was on leave from the army. The church hall is in New Haven, but in the part often called the Annex, which is near East Haven. In the hall is a plaque dedicated to The Five Satins and the historic recording made there.
Parris was stationed in Japan when this became a hit. In order to support the song, the group reformed with Bill Baker as lead singer. Parris rejoined the group when he came back to The States in 1958. The single was released on Standord Records in the spring of 1956. By the end of the year, it had been leased to Ember and became a huge hit, peaking at number three on the R&B charts and number 25 on the pop charts.
Partial Discography:
1955 - All mine / Rosemarie（Standord-105）
1956 - In the still of the night / The Jones girl（Standord-106/Ember-1005）
1956 - Wonderful girl / Weeping willow（Ember-1008）
1956 - Oh happy day / Our love is forever（Ember-1014）
1956 - To the aisle / Wish I had my baby（Ember-1019）
1956 - Our anniversary / Pretty girl（Ember-1025）
1956 - A million to one / Love with no love in return（Ember-1028）
1957 - Again (Ember LP 100)
1957 - Sugar (Ember LP 100/EP101)
1957 - Moonlight & i (Ember LP 100/EP101)
1957 - I'll get along (Ember LP 100/EP101)
1957 - Pretty baby (Ember LP 100/EP101)
1958 - A night to remember / Senorita Lolita（Ember-1038）
1959 - Shadows / Toni my love（Ember-1056）
1959 - When your love comes along / Skippity doo (First 104)
1960 - Your memory / I didn't know (Cub 9071)
1960 - These foolish things / A beggar with a drem (Cub 9077)
1960 - I'll be seeing you / A night like this（Ember-1061）
1960 - Candlelight / The time（Ember-1066）
1960 - Wishing ring / Tell me dear（Ember-1070）
1960 - I've Got time (Ember LP 401)
1960 -You must be an angel (Ember LP 401)
1960 - I've lost (Ember LP 401)
