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"Theme from Picnic" is a popular song, originated in the 1955 movie Picnic, starring Kim Novak and William Holden, which was based on the play of the same name. The song is often referred to simply as "Picnic." The song was published in 1956 and the music was written by George Duning.
George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) [1] was an American musician [2] and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana , and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio , at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music , [ 1 ] where his mentor was Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco .
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.
The title song, "The 3:10 to Yuma", was written by George Duning (music) and Ned Washington (lyrics), and sung at the beginning and end of the film by the noted Western and Country music singer Frankie Laine (1913-2007), who also did several other popular Western film and television musical theme songs.
Brad is a surveyor and Mary is a wife, mother and housekeeper. Husband gets a new assistant at work. Chris Radna is a draftsman and much help to the business. Christmas is coming, and Polly's joy at Christmas is evident. Mary keeps trying to do each thing just right. For New Year's Eve, Mary insists they invite Chris to the annual party.
"The 3:10 to Yuma" is a folk song written by George Duning (music) and Ned Washington (lyrics) and sung by Frankie Laine as the theme song to the 1957 film 3:10 to Yuma. There were two sets of lyrics recorded by Laine. [ 1 ]
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.)
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