Washington Square (composition)

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"Washington Square"
Washington Square cover.jpg
Single by The Village Stompers
from the album The Original Washington Square
B-side "Turkish Delight"
Released23 August 1963 [1]
Recorded1963
Genre Pop, Dixieland jazz, instrumental
Length2:42
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Bobb Goldsteinn, David Shire
Producer(s) Joe Sherman
The Village Stompers singles chronology
"Washington Square"
(1963)
"The La-Dee Da Song"
(1964)

"Washington Square" is a popular instrumental from 1963 by the New York City-based jazz group The Village Stompers. The composition was written by Bobb Goldsteinn and David Shire. [2]

Contents

Background

The composition is named after the famous park in New York City. [3]

Chart performance

"Washington Square" was a hit single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the week ending 23 November 1963, [4] kept from the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 by Dale and Grace's hit song "I'm Leaving It Up to You". [5] "Washington Square" did, however, top the Billboard Easy Listening chart for three weeks that November [3] and made the top 30 on the Billboard R&B chart. [6] In Canada it was No. 5 for 2 weeks. [7]

Accolades

In addition, the instrumental was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Instrumental Theme.

Other recordings

Other artists have recorded the tune, sometimes with song lyrics. Among these acts are:

In Asia:

See also

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