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"Baby Elephant Walk" is a song composed in 1961 by Henry Mancini for the 1962 film Hatari! [1] Lyrics by Hal David were not used in the film version. The instrumental earned Mancini a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement in 1963 .
Hatari! Music from the Paramount Motion Picture Score is the soundtrack from the 1962 movie Hatari! starring John Wayne. The music was composed and conducted by Henry Mancini. It included the hit single "Baby Elephant Walk". It entered Billboard magazine's pop album chart on July 28, 1962, peaked at No. 4, and remained on the chart for 35 weeks ...
The memorable Henry Mancini tune "Baby Elephant Walk" was written for and first appeared in Hatari!. [16] Another memorable musical moment from the film is a duet of Stephen Foster's "Old Folks at Home" (aka "Swanee River"), with Dallas on piano and Pockets on harmonica.
Stanley Donen had heard and been charmed by Henry Mancini's song "Baby Elephant Walk" from the film Hatari!, Henry Mancini had become a friend of Audrey Hepburn while scoring Breakfast at Tiffany's, and he composed the song for Charade: "Our next film together was Charade in 1963. Stanley Donen directed Peter Stone's screenplay.
A drunk Homer performs his first dance to the 1961 tune "Baby Elephant Walk" written by Henry Mancini. [14] Oscar "Bleeding Gums" Murphy makes a 26-minute-long performance of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the game where Homer performs his first dance. [15]
Lawrence Welk's Baby Elephant Walk and Theme from the Brothers Grimm is an album by Lawrence Welk.It was released in 1962 on the Dot label (catalog no. DLP-3457). [1] The album debuted on Billboard magazine's popular albums chart on September 29, 1962, reached the No. 9 spot, and remained on that chart for 10 weeks [2]
Elephant Walk is a 1954 American drama film produced by Paramount Pictures, directed by William Dieterle, and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Dana Andrews, Peter Finch and Abraham Sofaer. It is based upon the 1948 novel Elephant Walk by "Robert Standish", the pseudonym of the English novelist Digby George Gerahty (1898–1981).
The German version has lyrics by Hans Bradtke, and is titled "Kalkutta liegt am Ganges" (Calcutta lies on the Ganges). In the English-speaking world, the song was released under the title "Calcutta", and the American songwriting team of Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss wrote English lyrics, celebrating the charms of the "ladies of Calcutta."