Claim: Wild Night is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison (whose professional career began in the late 1950s, playing a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards, and saxophone for various Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time) and was released as a single in 1971 and reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Evidence: "Wild Night" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and is the opening track on his fifth studio album Tupelo Honey. It was released as a single in 1971 and reached number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. His professional career began as a teenager in the late 1950s, playing a variety of instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time.