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Percy Faith

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Percy Faith
Percy Faith
Nascimento 7 de abril de 1908
Toronto
Morte 9 de fevereiro de 1976 (67 anos)
Encino
Sepultamento Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
Cidadania Canadá, Estados Unidos
Ocupação maestro, compositor, pianista, compositor de bandas sonoras, líder de banda
Prêmios
  • estrela na calçada da fama de Hollywood
Instrumento piano
Causa da morte câncer

Percy Faith (Toronto, 7 de abril de 1908Encino, 9 de fevereiro de 1976) foi um líder de banda, orquestrador e compositor canadense.

Suas mais famosas gravações foram Delicado (1952), Song from the Moulin Rouge (1953) e Theme from A Summer Place (1960).

Percy Faith colocou 21 álbuns na parada de best-sellers da Billboard Hot 200 em 1972, tornando-o um dos artistas mais bem-sucedidos em vendas. Temas para jovens amantes de 1963 foi de longe seu maior sucesso, alcançando a posição # 32 na parada e seguido por três álbuns de sequências "para jovens amantes".

  • Continental Music (1953)
  • Delicado (1953)
  • Music from "Kismet" (1954)
  • Music from Hollywood (1954)
  • Music of Christmas (1954)
  • Music Until Midnight (1954)
  • Percy Faith Plays Romantic Music (1954)
  • Amour, Amor, Amore (1955)
  • Girl Meets Boy (com Jerry Vale, Peggy King, e Felicia Sanders) (1955)
  • Music for Her (1955)
  • Wish Upon a Star (com Peggy King) (1955)
  • It's So Peaceful in the Country (com Mitch Miller) (1956)
  • The Most Happy Fella (1956)
  • My Fair Lady (1956)
  • Passport to Romance (1956)
  • Swing Low in Hi-Fi (1956)
  • Adventure in the Sun (1957)
  • The Columbia Album of George Gershwin (1957)
  • Li'l Abner (1957)
  • Viva: The Music of Mexico (1957)
  • The CBS Album of Victor Herbert (2 record set, 1958)
  • Hallelujah! (1958)
  • South Pacific (1958)
  • Touchdown! (1958)
  • North and South of the Border (1958)
  • Bouquet (1959)
  • Malagueña: Music of Cuba (1959)
  • A Night with Sigmund Romberg (1959)
  • Porgy and Bess (1959)
  • Music of Christmas (re-recorded in stereo, 1959)
  • Bon Voyage!: Continental Souvenirs (1960)
  • Jealousy (1960)
  • A Night with Jerome Kern (1960)
  • Greatest Hits (1960)
  • The Sound of Music (1960)
  • Camelot (1961)
  • Carefree (1961)
  • Mucho Gusto! More Music of Mexico (1961)
  • Subways Are for Sleeping (1961)
  • Tara's Theme from Gone With The Wind (1961)
  • This Fling Called Love (com Eileen Farrell) (1961)
  • Bouquet of Love (1962)
  • Exotic Strings (1962)
  • Hollywood's Great Themes (1962)
  • The Music of Brazil! (1962)
  • American Serenade (1963)
  • A Look at Monaco (1963)
  • Shangri-La! (1963) #80 Hot 200
  • Themes for Young Lovers (1963) #32 Hot 200
  • Great Folk Themes (1964) #103 Hot 200
  • The Love Goddesses (1964)
  • More Themes for Young Lovers (1964) #110 Hot 200
  • Broadway Bouquet (1965) #101 Hot 200
  • Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965)
  • Latin Themes for Young Lovers (1965)
  • Bim! Bam!! Boom!!! (1966)
  • Christmas Is... (1966)
  • The Oscar (1966)
  • Themes for the "In" Crowd (1966)
  • Born Free and Other Great Movie Themes (1967) #152 Hot 200
  • Today's Themes for Young Lovers (1967) #111 Hot 200
  • Angel of the Morning (1968) #95 Hot 200
  • For Those in Love (1968) #121 Hot 200
  • I Concentrate On You (1968)
  • Love Theme from "Romeo and Juliet" (1969) #134 Hot 200
  • Those Were the Days (1969) #88 Hot 200
  • Windmills of Your Mind (1969) #194 Hot 200
  • The Beatles Album (1970) #179 Hot 200
  • Held Over! Today's Great Movie Themes (1970) #196 Hot 200
  • Leaving on a Jet Plane (1970) #88 Hot 200
  • Younger Than Springtime (1970)
  • Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (1971)
  • Black Magic Woman (1971) #184 Hot 200
  • I Think I Love You (1971) #198 Hot 200
  • Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) #186 Hot 200
  • Day By Day (1972) #197 Hot 200
  • Joy (1972) #176 Hot 200
  • All-Time Greatest Hits (1972) #200 Hot 200
  • Clair (1973)
  • Corazon (1973)
  • My Love (1973)
  • The Entertainer (1974)
  • Chinatown Featuring the Entertainer (1974)
  • Clair (1974)
  • Country Bouquet (1974)
  • The Great Concert (1974)
  • New Thing (1974)
  • Disco Party (1975)
  • Viva!/Mucho Gusto! (1975)
  • Summer Place '76 (1976)

Faith produziu os seguintes singles:[1][2]

Referências

  1. Whitburn, Joel, ed. (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs (1961–2006). [S.l.]: Record Research. ISBN 9780898201697 
  2. Whitburn, Joel, ed. (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop memories, 1890–1954. [S.l.]: Record Research. ISBN 9780898200836 

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