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Faith re-recorded the song twice: first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version [8] titled "Summer Place '76". As reported by Casey Kasem on the American Top 40 broadcast of 25 September 1976, "Theme from A Summer Place " is the biggest hit on the American charts by a Canadian artist.
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.
Universal next cast Dee as a tomboy opposite Audie Murphy in the Western romantic comedy The Wild and the Innocent (1959). [23] Warner Bros. borrowed her for another melodrama in the vein of Imitation of Life, A Summer Place (1959), opposite Troy Donahue as her romantic costar. The film was a massive hit, and that year American box office ...
A Summer Place may refer to: A Summer Place, a 1958 novel by Sloan Wilson; A Summer Place, a 1959 American romantic drama film based on the novel "Theme from A Summer Place", a 1959 song written for the film
"Handy Man" is a song written by singer Jimmy Jones and songwriter Otis Blackwell. Recordings by Del Shannon and also The Sparks Of Rhythm list Charles Merenstein as a co-writer, as does BMI. The Sparks Of Rhythm version on the Apollo 541 single version released in 1959 credits Andrew Barksdale and Merenstein as writers omitting Jimmy Jones.
The following is a list of musical films by year. A musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. 1920s
In addition, Steiner scored The Searchers (1956), A Summer Place (1959), and Gone with the Wind (1939), which ranked second on the AFI's list of best American film scores, and is the film score for which he is best known. He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score for Life with ...
A reported 20 million viewers watched the special presentation of The Philadelphia Story. [6] With the single already on the market, and promotional copies in the hands of radio stations, it was only a matter of time before the popular theme started to sell; "Tracy's Theme" entered the Billboard Hot 100 on January 4, 1960 [7] and reached a peak of #13 on February 22. [8]