Here's a souldies staple from Tony Allen titled "Nite Owl." Nite owl was originally a nickname Tony's aunt had given him because he was always staying out late at night. T. Allen turned that phrase into a song and recorded it on July 4th, 1955 at Master Recorders in Hollywood, Ca. The Chimes (David Jackson, David Cobb, Pookie Whooten & John Talbert) did the backing vocals for the cut...they were billed on the record as the The Champs. The Chimes were a group that backed almost everyone at Specialty Records. "Nite Owl" was scheduled to be a B side to the track "I." Due to a printing error "Nite Owl" was listed as the A side and once the DJs got a hold of it the rest was history.
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