Nights In White Satin by -Bev-

-Bev- - Nights In White Satin

-Bev-

Jun 04, 2025 06:40pm

<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/KN0H/fde4885939_YHLC_media.png"> <img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/EDSU/22eabbe844_L5NA_media.jpg"> TriviaThe Moody Blues were an English rock band formed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Birmingham</a> in May 1964. The band initially consisted of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme_Edge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Graeme Edge</a> (drums), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Laine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Denny Laine</a> (guitar/vocals), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pinder" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Mike Pinder</a> (keyboards/vocals), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Thomas" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Ray Thomas</a> (multi-instrumentalist/vocals) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Warwick" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Clint Warwick</a> (bass/vocals). Originally part of the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">beat</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">R&B</a> scene of the early–mid 1960s, the band came to prominence with the UK No. 1 and US Top 10 single "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Go Now</a>" in late 1964/early 1965. Laine and Warwick both left the band in 1966, with Edge, Pinder and Thomas recruiting new members <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hayward" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Justin Hayward</a> (guitar/vocals) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lodge_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">John Lodge</a> (bass/vocals). They embraced the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">psychedelic rock</a> movement of the late 1960s, with their second album, 1967's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Days of Future Passed</a>, being a fusion of rock with classical music (performed with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Festival_Orchestra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">London Festival Orchestra</a>) that established the band as pioneers in the development of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">art rock</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">progressive rock</a>. It has been described as a "landmark" and "one of the first successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">concept albums</a>".The group released six more albums - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Lost_Chord" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">In Search of the Lost Chord</a> (1968), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">On the Threshold of a Dream</a> (1969), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Our_Children%27s_Children%27s_Children" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">To Our Children's Children's Children</a> (1969), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Question_of_Balance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">A Question of Balance</a> (1970), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Good_Boy_Deserves_Favour_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Every Good Boy Deserves Favour</a> (1971) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventh_Sojourn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Seventh Sojourn</a> (1972) - and toured extensively until they went on hiatus in 1974. Their records from this period were among the most successful in the progressive rock genre and produced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_radio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">FM radio</a> hits such as "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nights_in_White_Satin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nights in White Satin</a>" (1967; charting again in 1972), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuesday_Afternoon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tuesday Afternoon</a>" (1968), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Question</a>" (1970), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_in_Your_Eyes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Story in Your Eyes</a>" (1971), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isn%27t_Life_Strange" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Isn't Life Strange</a>" (1972) and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Just_a_Singer_(In_a_Rock_and_Roll_Band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)</a>" (1973). After resuming activities in 1977, Pinder left the following year and was replaced by former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(band)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Yes</a> keyboardist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Moraz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Patrick Moraz</a>. In the 1980s they took on a more <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synth-pop" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">synth-pop</a> sound, having hits with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Dream" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Gemini Dream</a>" (1981), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_(The_Moody_Blues_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Voice</a>" (1981), "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Wildest_Dreams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Your Wildest Dreams</a>" (1986) and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_You%27re_Out_There_Somewhere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">I Know You're Out There Somewhere</a>" (1988). "Your Wildest Dreams" made the Moody Blues the first act to earn each of its first three Top 10 singles in the United States in three different decades. Moraz departed in 1991, followed by Thomas in 2002. Though the band stopped releasing albums after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_(The_Moody_Blues_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">December</a> (2003), they continued to tour throughout the 2000s and later reunited periodically for events, one-off concerts, short tours and cruises, until Graeme Edge, the last remaining original member, retired in 2018.All five original members of the Moody Blues – Warwick, Thomas, Edge, Laine and Pinder – had died by 2024. Rod Clark, who briefly replaced Warwick as the band's bassist, died in 2025. Hayward, Lodge and Moraz all remain musically active.The Moody Blues sold 70 million albums worldwide, including 18 platinum and gold LPs. They produced 16 studio albums, six of which made the US Top 20 (with two reaching No. 1) and eight of which made the UK Top 20 (with three reaching No. 1). They were inducted into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Rock and Roll Hall of Fame</a> in 2018Song Trivia"Nights in White Satin" is a song by English <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">rock</a> band <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">the Moody Blues</a>, written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Hayward" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Justin Hayward</a>. It was first featured as the segment "The Night" on the album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Future_Passed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Days of Future Passed</a>. When first released as a single in 1967, it reached number 19 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">UK Singles Chart</a> and number 103 in the United States in 1968.