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Nights in White Satin
The Moody Blues
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By 1967 things were looking bleak for the Moody Blues. With one #1 to their name (鈥淕o Now鈥, 1964) and no other subsequent top 20 chart entries, the Midlanders were desperate to update their image.
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Composer Justin Hayward
Genre Rock
Album Days of Future Passed
Year of Release 1967
Their label, Deram, came to the rescue by asking them to record a modern version of Dvorak鈥檚 New World Symphony to demonstrate their new 鈥楧eramic鈥 stereo system. With a whole slew of new material in the wings, the band convinced both label and producer instead to cut a suite of self-composed songs based on the passing of one day 鈥 all set to the lush strings of the London Symphony Orchestra. Days of Future Passed was born and topping it all off was 鈥淣ights In White Satin鈥. A yearning love song, it was drenched in what would be come the Moody鈥檚 signature sound - the synthetic strings of the Mellotron. Released as a single it sold modestly (reaching only #19 in December 1967), but the album鈥檚 huge success saw the song reach millions of homes. On its re-release in 1972 and 1979 it had become a timeless classic.

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Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra eschews the mellotron with her own inimitable version. These flutes were made for walking, anyone?

This song is a love song, but it's also got the best use of a flute in pop music.



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