Song

Twilight Time: BILLY THORPE and THE AZTECS

Australian singles charts:
Twilight Time entered the Kent charts on 7 August 1965 and peaked at #2. The song was #29 on the Top 100 of 1965.

Album/EP:
The song is on The Easybeats’ 1965 EP Twilight Time.

Songwriters:
Buck Ram, Al Nevins, Morty Nevins, Arty Dunn

Producer:
Ted Albert

Record label of Australian release:
Parlophone

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Wikipedia:
Twilight Time, written in 1944, has lyrics by Buck Ram and music by the Three Suns (Morty Nevins, Al Nevins and Artie Dunn). Ram said that he originally wrote it as a poem, without music, while in college. It has been recorded by numerous groups over the years, the best-known version internationally being by the Platters (1958).
A 1965 recording by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs peaked at #2 in Australia. It was blocked from reaching #1 by The Beatles’ song Help!
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Time_(1944_song)

Lyrics:
Heavenly shades of night are falling, it’s twilight time
Out of the mist your voice is calling, ’tis twilight time
When purple-colored curtains mark the end of day
I’ll hear you, my dear, at twilight time
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