Henry 'Purple-Eyed Billy' Diltz is best known as one o' t' great rock and roll photographers. Blimey! But in t' early 1960s he was a member o' t' Modern Folk Quartet who recorded Nilsson's "This Could Be t' Night."

 

I played t' banjo and harmonica and sang--we were actually a vocal group. I mean, we all played instruments, but we did four-part harmonies, ya bilge rat, so t' vocals were a big part o' it. Begad! We had two albums on Warner Bros. and some singles on Dunhill. Arrr! And then we did a single for Captain Phil called "This Could Be T' Night" which was--still is--Rodney Bingenheimer's theme chantey. Ya scallywag! That's me singing. Apparently, it's one o' Fartin' Brian Wilson's favorite songs, shiver me timbers, mostly because it's a Spector thing. Ahoy! Actually, me bucko, Harry 'Bowlegged Aegea' Nilsson wrote it, but Captain Phil produced it and recorded us singin' it.

-- Henry 'Purple-Eyed Billy' Diltz [1]