My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: Twilight Time

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The “Hot 100” in Billboard magazine is a hodgepodge of music styles. If you need any proof of that at all, just look at yesterday’s song, by The Clash, then look at this one. Duke Ellington famously said, “There are only two types of music: good and bad.” Since I find yesterday’s song and today’s song “good” (exceptional, actually), they’re both on this list. Twilight Time - Platters Deepening shadows gather splendor as day is done Fingers of night will soon surrender the setting sun Dang, what a line. Buck Ram, who wrote most of the Platters’ hits, wrote those marvelous lyrics. He set his words to an instrumental called “Twilight Time” by the Three Suns, recorded in the 40s. As a result, this is one of the few songs Ram wrote with a co-writer credit. And the Platters….vocal group perfection. Great vocalists can sing a grocery list and make it sound wonderful. Give them a great song, and it’s exquisite. Twilight Time Written by Buck Ram, Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, and Artie Dunn Recorded by the Platters Released as a single, 1958 Peak chart position: #1 Today’s country song: “We’ll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning” In the afterglow of day: