INTO THE NIGHT
“Into the Night” is a 1980 song by American pop singer-songwriter Benny Mardones, from his album Never Run, Never Hide. He re-released it in 1989, on the album Benny Mardones. The song is unusual for being one of only 10 recordings to ever ascend to the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice. The chartings, in 1980 and 1989, were of two similar but separate recordings. Chubby Checker was first to do this with his cover of “The Twist”, a single that went to No. 1 in September 1960 and again in January 1962. Other artists to achieve the feat include the Contours, who charted “Do You Love Me” in 1962 and 1988; the Righteous Brothers, who charted “Unchained Melody” in 1965 and 1990; and Queen, whose “Bohemian Rhapsody” reached the Top 10 in 1976 and 1992. (More from Wikipedia)
Robert Tepper, Modern Madness – This Bayonne, NJ native began his musical career as a songwriter and bass guitarist for Benny Mardones; he co-wrote Mardones’ hit song “Into the Night”, a #11 hit on its original release in 1980 that also made the charts again a decade later.
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