"By the Time This Night Is Over" is a song by American musician
Kenny G
Kenneth Bruce Gorelick (born June 5, 1956), known professionally as Kenny G, is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer. His 1986 album ''Duotones'' brought him commercial success. Kenny G is one of the best-selling artis ...
and singer-songwriter
Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...
, released as a single from Kenny G's sixth studio album, ''
Breathless'', in 1993 and on Bryson's 16th studio album, ''
Through the Fire'', in 1994.
The song peaked at number 25 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and number 37 on the ''Billboard''
Hot R&B Singles
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. On the
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
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chart, "By the Time This Night Is Over" spent two weeks at number one, while in Canada, the song reached number six on the ''
RPM
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Standards
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'' Top Singles chart and number one on the ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary chart.
Personnel
* Kenny G – soprano saxophone, arrangements
*
Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...
– lead vocals
*
Walter Afanasieff
Walter Afanasieff (born Vladimir Nikitich Afanasyev; February 10, 1958), formerly nicknamed Baby Love in the 1980s, is an American record producer and songwriter of Russian-Chinese descent. He was a collaborator with Mariah Carey on her first ...
– keyboards, synth bass, drums, rhythm programming, all other instruments, arrangements
*
Dan Shea – keyboards, programming
* Gary Cirimelli –
Macintosh
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programming,
Synclavier programming
*
Ren Klyce
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–
Akai AX60
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programming, Synclavier programming
*
Michael Thompson – guitars
*
Lynn Davis – backing vocals
*
Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals
* Portia Griffin – backing vocals
* Pat Hawk – backing vocals
*
Phillip Ingram
Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group "Switch" and is the younger brother of James Ingram.
Biography
Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a mus ...
– backing vocals
* Vann Johnson – backing vocals
*
Rose Stone
Rose Stone (born Rosemary Stewart, March 21, 1945) is an American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly and the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and ...
– backing vocals
* Fred White – backing vocals
Production
* Producers – Walter Afanasieff and David Foster
* Engineer – Dana Jon Chappelle
* Assistant Engineers – Steve Shepherd and Kevin Becka
* Additional Engineering – David Gleeson, Jeffrey Woodruff, Kevin Becka and Steve Shepherd.
* Mixed by
Mick Guzauski
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
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1993 singles
1993 songs
Arista Records singles
Kenny G songs
Peabo Bryson songs
Song recordings produced by David Foster
Song recordings produced by Walter Afanasieff
Songs written by Andy Goldmark
Songs written by Diane Warren
Songs written by Michael Bolton