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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.
He released one album of country music and two albums of disco-oriented arrangements toward the end of his forty-year career, his last recording being a disco-style reworking of "Theme from a Summer Place", titled "Summer Place '76", which was a minor and posthumous hit.
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]
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The Ventures have released over two hundred fifty albums beginning with Walk Don't Run (1960), and over 150 singles. [1] The original US albums and singles are indicated by their catalog numbers and Billboard (BB) and Cashbox (CB) chart peak positions (Note: There were separate Cashbox charts for stereo and mono albums until 1965.)
"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 .
He also had a number one album in Germany in the early 1980s with Moonlight Melodies, which consisted of 20 of Billy's biggest hits (original Dot recordings, original LP notes and credits). In addition, Dot Records released a compilation recording of tangos, rumbas and easy listening music featuring both the Billy Vaughn Orchestra and the John ...
A Summer Place "Theme from A Summer Place" Percy Faith: Mack Discant and Max Steiner: 1 2 won Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961, also US #16 for The Lettermen: July 4 Circus of Horrors "Look for a Star" Garry Mills: Franz Reizenstein, Muir Mathieson: 26 7 August 8 The Apartment "Theme from The Apartment" Ferrante & Teicher: Adolph ...