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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.)
"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.
In the 1950s a medley of the song and George Duning's "Theme from Picnic ", orchestrated by Johnny Warrington (1911–1978), became quite popular, especially in an instrumental recording by Morris Stoloff, conductor of the film version by the Columbia Pictures Orchestra. Duning wrote the film's theme to counterpoint "Moonglow".
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.
During this time (1956), he hit the Top 40 charts (No. 31) with his release of a medley of "Moonglow" and "Theme from Picnic." [2] The record "Moonglow and Theme from Picnic" had some wordless vocal effects by Norma Zimmer, at the time a session vocalist, who, coincidentally, would later become Lawrence Welk's Champagne Lady. "Moonglow and ...
"Moonglow and Theme from 'Picnic' – 3:23 ("Moonglow", words and music by Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, and Irving Mills) ("Theme from 'Picnic'", words by Steve Allen, music by George Duning) "My Favorite Things" (music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:56
"Moonglow" and "Picnic", a medley of the pop standard "Moonglow" and the theme from the 1955 movie Picnic "Never on Sunday" from the 1960 film Never on Sunday "Tammy" from the 1957 film Tammy and the Bachelor "Three Coins in the Fountain" from the 1954 film Three Coins in the Fountain
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