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The 1933 piece, "Moonglow", was written by Will Hudson, Irving Mills and Eddie DeLange.The 1955 piece, "Theme from Picnic", was written by George Duning.(Steve Allen set lyrics to the tune, and is credited on vocal versions of the song as a co-author, but not on the hit instrumental versions by Stoloff and others.)
An instrumental medleys of the song with "Moonglow". A medley by Morris Stoloff and the Columbia Pictures Orchestra reached #1 on the Billboard charts in 1956; Another version of the same medley by George Cates and his Orchestra was also a major hit of that year, reaching the top 5.
Stoloff worked as musical director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962. Among space age pop fans, he is best remembered for his 1956 Top 10 hit that paired the swing era tune "Moonglow" with the love theme from the movie Picnic, the medley called "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic"; Moonglow (Hudson, Mills), Picnic (Duning).
In the 1950s a medley of the song and George Duning's "Theme from Picnic ", orchestrated by Johnny Warrington (1911–1978), became quite popular, especially in an instrumental recording by Morris Stoloff, conductor of the film version by the Columbia Pictures Orchestra. Duning wrote the film's theme to counterpoint "Moonglow".
The film's "Theme from Picnic", composed by George Duning and Steve Allen (although Allen's lyrics were not used in the film), was released in three versions: "Moonglow and Theme from 'Picnic'" by Morris Stoloff and the Columbia Pictures Orchestra reached #1 on the Billboard Top 100 and remained on the chart for 27 weeks.
"Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" Morris Stoloff: 7 28 June 1956: 1 5 July 1956: 1 "Too Young to Go Steady" Nat King Cole: 8 5 July 1956: 1 4 "Experiments with Mice" Johnny Dankworth & His Orchestra: 7 19 July 1956: 2 12 July 1956: 5 "All Star Hit Parade (EP)" Various artists 2 19 July 1956: 1 5 "I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas"/"The ...
"Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" Morris Stoloff: 12 "The Great Pretender" The Platters: 13 "I Almost Lost My Mind" Pat Boone: 14 "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" Elvis Presley: 15 "Love Me Tender" 16 "Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)" Perry Como: 17 "Canadian Sunset" Eddie Heywood & Hugo Winterhalter: 18 "Blue Suede Shoes" Carl Perkins: 19 ...
Morris Stoloff "Moonglow and Love Theme (from 'Picnic')" 1 week 25 August Joe "Fingers" Carr "Portuguese Washerwomen" 3 weeks 1 September 8 September 15 September Doris Day "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" 8 weeks 22 September 29 September 6 October 13 October 20 October 27 October 3 November 10 November Perry Como