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Theme from A Summer Place
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{{short description|1959 single by The Lettermen}}{{for|the album by Billy Vaughn|Theme from A Summer Place (album)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2021}}{{DISPLAYTITLE:Theme from A Summer Place}}"Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 film A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It was recorded for the film as an instrumental by Hugo Winterhalter. Originally known as the "Molly and Johnny Theme", this lush extended cue,Hirschhorn, Clive. The Warner Bros. Story, Octopus Books, London, 1979, p. 343. as orchestrated by Murray Cutter, is not the main title theme of the film, but an oft-heard secondary love theme for the characters played by Dee and Donahue. The theme has become a canonical representation of the easy listening genre, and is considered by some to be the definitive easy listening track of all time.BOOK,weblink Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, 8, Bloomsbury, Genres: North America, Keir, Keightley, David, Horn, John, Shepherd, 2012, 196, Following its introduction in the film by the Warner Bros. studio orchestra, the theme was recorded by many artists in both instrumental and vocal versions, and has also appeared in a number of subsequent films and television programs. The best-knownversion of the theme is an instrumental version by Percy Faith and his Orchestra that was a number-one hit for nine weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960.BOOK, Bronson, Fred, 1 October 2003, The Billboard Book of Number One Hits,weblink New York, Billboard Books, 5th, 978-0823076772, 75, - the content below is remote from Wikipedia
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Percy Faith version
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- waltzWEB, Tom, Breihan, The Number Ones: Percy Faith's "Theme From A Summer Place", Stereogum, February 21, 2018,weblink ...and yet the theme is a light, gooey easy-listening waltz., June 7, 2023,
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Charts
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"Theme from A Summer Place" has been covered by a number of artists in addition to Percy Faith, in both non-vocal instrumental versions, and with one or more vocalists either singing the Discant lyrics or a wordless melody line. The theme has also been referenced, sampled, or otherwise adapted into several other songs.Instrumental versions
- In 1960, Billy Vaughn included an instrumental orchestral arrangement of the theme as the title cut to his album Theme From A Summer Place released on Dot Records, which peaked at number one on the Billboard LP chart.
- In 1961, Mantovani recorded an orchestral rendition of the theme for his album Mantovani Plays Music From 'Exodus' and Other Great Themes; the album reached the Top Ten on the UK charts.
Vocal versions
Most vocal versions of the theme have featured the descant lyrics. However, some featured wordless vocals by singers who voiced the melody line.- In 1960, British producer, bandleader and arranger Norrie Paramor released his arrangement of the theme as a single on Columbia Records, featuring wordless vocals by soprano Patricia Clarke and credited to "Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra". The single reached number 36 on the UK chart.
- In 1962, Andy Williams covered the theme for his gold-certified album Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes.
- In 1965, the male vocal group The Lettermen had a hit with their harmony arrangement of the theme, released as a single on Capitol Records; it reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was included on their album The Hit Sounds of the Lettermen.
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