Night And Day

On October 27 1969, Ringo was summoned to the recording studio to lay some vocals on what would become his first solo album. Ringo had been talking about doing a collection of older standards as far back as the January 1969 "Get Back/Let It Be" sessions and had finally come around to it by the fall of 1969.
The first song recorded for the upcoming project would the Cole Porter classic "Night And Day". The arrangement for the tune was undertaken by Chico O'Farrill.
The first thing recorded would be the instrumental section of the song with a 17 piece orchestra although it's not confirmed if this was in studio one or two of EMI Studios in London. The orchestra was conducted by and produced by George Martin.
Ringo himself would come into the studio later in the evening and lay down his vocal track probably in Studio three of EMI. The song was mixed on the same day for stereo only.
The song was commercially released on Ringo's first Apple LP/CD "Sentimental Journey". The original title for the project was "Ringo Starrdust".