Last Night

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"Last Night" is a 1961 instrumental R&B hit by The Mar-Keys that became a defining track of the early Stax Records sound.

All labels observed (3)

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Last Night canonical 6
"Last Night" 1
“Last Night” 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental composition
song
artist The Mar-Keys
associatedWith Memphis soul
Stax house band musicians
bSide Night Before
chartPosition US Billboard Hot 100 number 3
US Billboard R&B chart number 2
countryOfOrigin United States
dateOfRelease 1961
format 7-inch single
genre R&B instrumental
Rhythm and blues
hasInfluenced Southern soul recordings of the 1960s
hasPart horn section
organ riff
saxophone solo
spoken vocal interjections
hasRecordingType mono
hasSignatureRiff repetitive organ and horn motif
inception early 1960s
includedIn various Stax compilation albums
isDebutSingleOf The Mar-Keys
language instrumental (no lead vocal lyrics)
length approximately 2 minutes 35 seconds
notableFor being an early hit for Stax Records
commercial breakthrough for The Mar-Keys
helping define the early Stax sound
prominent use of Memphis horn sound
originalMedium vinyl record
performer The Mar-Keys
placeOfRecording Memphis, Tennessee
producer Chips Moman
Jim Stewart
recordedAt Stax studio, Memphis
linked to: Stax Records studio
recordLabel Satellite Records
Stax Records
side A-side
writer Charles Axton
linked to: Packy Axton

Chips Moman
Floyd Newman
Gilbert Caple
Jerry Lee Smith
yearOfRelease 1961

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Mar-Keys notableWork Last Night
The Mar-Keys notableSingle Last Night
Justified includesTrack Last Night
the Mar-Keys notableWork "Last Night"
linked to: Last Night
The Mar-Keys notableWork Last Night
subject linked to: The Mar Keys
The Mar-Keys notableSong Last Night
subject linked to: The Mar Keys
Packy Axton notableWork “Last Night”
linked to: Last Night