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Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. [6] It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra", prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place.
A Summer Place is a 1959 American romantic drama film based on Sloan Wilson's 1958 novel of the same name, about teenage lovers from different classes who get back together 20 years later, and then must deal with the passionate love affair of their own teenage children by previous marriages.
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By 1973, he had earned as many as 17 gold-album awards. Among his hit albums from this period were The Andy Williams Christmas Album, Dear Heart, The Shadow of Your Smile, Love, Andy, Happy Heart, Get Together with Andy Williams, Love Story, and Love Theme from the Godfather. These recordings, along with his natural affinity for the music of ...
"Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 film of the same name. [1]The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. [1] They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work, [1] as well as the 1964 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. [2]
The recording of "Theme from Love Story" by Henry Mancini was released as a single. It made its debut on Billboard's Easy Listening chart in the issue of the magazine dated December 19. [7] Two versions of "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story"—one by Williams and one by Tony Bennett—were released on January 15, 1971. An article in the magazine's ...
Love Story is the twenty-seventh studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released on February 3, 1971, by Columbia Records. [1] This was another in his series of cover albums, but the title track, subtitled " Where Do I Begin ", was the one song included that he originated.
"Handy Man" became a million seller, reaching No. 3 on the R&B charts, No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960 behind Theme from A Summer Place by Percy Faith., and No. 3 in Canada. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The song was a hit again in 1964, reaching No. 22 for Del Shannon and No. 10 in Canada , [ 6 ] and yet again in 1977 for James Taylor .