Jealousy | |
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Studio album by Percy Faith and His Orchestra | |
Released | 1960 |
Genre | Easy listening |
Label | Columbia |
Jealousy is a 1960 album by Percy Faith and His Orchestra. It was released in 1960 by Columbia Records (catalog no. CL1501). [1] [2] It debuted on Billboard magazine's pop album chart on November 28, 1960, peaked at the No. 7 spot, and remained on the chart for eight weeks. [3]
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Percy Faith was a Canadian-American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listening" or "mood music" format. He became a staple of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s. Though his professional orchestra-leading career began at the height of the Swing Era, he refined and rethought orchestration techniques, including use of large string sections, to soften and fill out the brass-dominated popular music of the 1940s.
"It's April Again" is a popular song that first appeared in the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. It became a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart when recorded by Mantovani. The music for the film was written by Georges Auric; the original French lyrics were by Jacques Larue, with the English words by William Engvick. The Auric-Engvick song was published in 1953.
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