HEART OF THE NIGHT
“Heart of the Night” is a song introduced on the 1978 album release by the country-rock group Poco entitled Legend. Featuring a lead vocal by its composer Paul Cotton, “Heart of the Night” is an evocation of the night life of the city of New Orleans. The song is highlighted by an alto saxophone solo by Phil Kenzie. “Heart of the Night” was issued as the second single from Legend in May 1979, reaching a Hot 100 peak of #20. (More from Wikipedia)
Richie Furay stayed with Poco through their sixth album, Crazy Eyes (1973); the album made the Top 40, but with the lackluster sales of both albums and singles, even he was starting to get discouraged. Poco hung in there and hit something of a creative peak with Rose of Cimarron (1976); the title track, “Rose of Cimarron”, written by Rusty Young was covered by Emmylou Harris and was the de facto title track on her album Cimarron. Though only Rusty Young remained among the founding members, their 1978 album Legend was the band’s most successful, reaching #14 on the Billboard album charts and including two Top 20 singles, “Crazy Love” and “Heart of the Night”.
(April 2014)
