"Quarter to Three" is a popular song, adapted and expanded from "A Night with Daddy 'G' – Part 1" (Legrand LEG 1004), an instrumental by the Church Street Five, which was written by Gene Barge, Frank Guida and Joseph Royster, and sung by Gary U.S. Bonds.
Noted British producer and columnist Jack Good felt compelled to devote his entire Disc magazine column to praising the "fuzzy, muzzy, and distorted" sound of the U.S. Bonds hit release.
Members of the Church Street Five (otherwise known as Gene Barge's band) played on this and all of the other Legrand and S.P.Q.R releases, including Jimmy Soul's sides.
Members of this group included Ron "Junior" Farley on bass, Willie Burnell on piano, Leonard Barks on trombone, Emmet Shields on drums, and Gene Barge on sax.
The song became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States on June 26, 1961, and remained there for two weeks.