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Roosevelt Sykes

Night Time Is the Right Time

1937 · via Ray Charles

Roosevelt Sykes’ 1937 recording of “Night Time Is the Right Time” is the earliest release on file. Herman Lubinsky is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival (released 1969), The Rolling Stones (released 2005) and Tina Turner (released 1978), among 147 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Roosevelt Sykes had this one on record back in 1937, twenty-two years before Ray got his hands on it. Ray's take is what kept it moving, since Creedence, Tina Turner and James Brown all picked it up after him.

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Credited writer: Herman Lubinsky.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1937.

Other recordings on file · first release year

147 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Ray Charles put out (Night Time Is) The Right Time in 1959, but he wasn't the first to tackle it. Who had the song on record earlier?Roosevelt Sykes
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