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Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky, United States, [2] where his father, Alvis Radford Vaughn, was a barber who loved music and inspired Vaughn to teach himself to play the mandolin at the age of three, while suffering from measles. He went on to learn a number of other instruments, including guitar and alto saxophone, his primary instruments.
Billy Vaughn version [ edit ] In 1962, the same year as the release of the original, Billy Vaughn recorded the song "A Swingin' Safari" as a cover; his version reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Easy Listening chart that summer. [ 7 ]
Theme from a Summer Place is a studio album released by Billy Vaughn in 1960 on Dot LP record DLP 3276 (mono) 25276 (stereo). The album topped Billboard's album charts in 1960 for two weeks, and stayed in the charts for a total of 62 weeks. [1]
Billy Vaughn released an instrumental version of the song which went to #5 on the U.S. pop chart in December 1957 and #1 in Germany and in Canada in 1957. [2] The following year, the song went #1 in Norway and made #4 in Australia. [3] It ranked #6 on Billboard's Year-End top 50 singles of 1958. [4]
The song was released again by Billy Vaughn on an album of that name in 1962, with the voices of the Ray Conniff Singers and again with narration by Ken Nordine. [5] Over the years it has been recorded by many artists, including Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Walter Brennan, Lorne Greene, and Eamonn Andrews.
Billy Vaughn's version was a No. 1 hit in Germany for 14 weeks in 1961, [24] and in Argentina for 3 weeks. In the US, it reached No. 28. The Dutch group The Jumping Jewels had a number-one hit single in the Netherlands with their version in 1961. [25] Johnny Duncan released a vocal version with lyrics by Johnny Flamingo in 1963. [26]
They later added a pianist, Billy Vaughn (April 12, 1919 – September 26, 1991). Vaughn was born in Glasgow, Kentucky. Vaughn was eventually to become famous in his own right as an orchestra leader. In 1952, they recorded a song, "Trying", written by Vaughn. [1] A local disc jockey sent a copy to Randy Wood at Dot, and he agreed to distribute ...
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]