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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.
The most popular version of the song in America was made by Percy Faith's Orchestra, with a vocal by Felicia Sanders. The recording by Faith and Sanders was made on January 22, 1953, and released by Columbia Records in both 78 and 45 rpm single formats (catalog numbers 39944 and 4-39944, respectively).
A version recorded by Percy Faith and his orchestra reached number one on the Billboard chart in 1952. Dinah Shore with Henri Rene's Orchestra and Chorus recorded a successful cover version in 1952. The Three Suns, 1952. Stan Kenton recorded a cover for his 1955 album, Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton.
In 1950, Percy Faith (using the alias Peter Mars) adapted the music of the song with Carl Sigman writing new English lyrics for the song. [5] The lyrics of this version, "My heart cries for you, sighs for you, dies for you..." are original and unrelated to the French song. The song was written in three-quarter waltz time. [6]
"Till" is a popular song with music by Charles Danvers and English lyrics by Carl Sigman, [1] released in January 1957 by Percy Faith. [2] It was derived from the French song "Prière Sans Espoir", [1] released in 1956 by Lucien Lupi on the EP L'Amour Viendra [3] with original French lyrics written by Pierre Benoit Buisson.
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Percy Faith performed the song with his orchestra. [3] The song was recorded on an early 20th century phonograph. [6] Al Grady of the Iowa City Press-Citizen said in 1964 that people raised in Iowa have "always considered it the Iowa 'Corny' Song, an American Legion promotion which pictures Iowans as country clods from Coonskin Corners."
Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, [1] known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listening" or "mood music" format.