Percy Faith

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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
Distinções	estrela na calçada da fama de Hollywood
Instrumento	piano
Causa da morte	câncer
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Percy Faith (Toronto, 7 de abril de 1908 — Encino, 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]

• I Cross My Fingers, 1950
• All My Love, 1950
• Christmas in Killarney, 1950
• On Top of Old Smokey, 1951
• When the Saints Go Marching In, 1951
• I Want to Be Near You, 1951
• Delicado, 1952
• Swedish Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil), 1953
• Moulin Rouge Theme, 1953
• Return to Paradise, 1953)
• Many Times, 1953
• Dream, Dream, Dream, 1954
• The Bandit, 1954
• Valley Valparaiso, 1956
• We All Need Love, 1956
• With a Little Bit of Luck, 1956
• Till, 1957
• Theme from A Summer Place, 1960
• Theme for Young Lovers, 1960
• Sons and Lovers, 1963
• Theme from "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs", 1960
• The Sound of Surf, 1963
• Yellow Days, 1967
• Can't Take My Eyes Off You, 1967
• For Those in Love, 1968
• Zorba, 1969
• Theme from A Summer Place (instrumental), 1969
• The April Fools, 1969
• Airport Love Theme, 1970
• Everything's All Right, 1971
• Theme from Summer of '42, 1971
• Bach's Lunch, 1972)
• Crunchy Granola Suite, 1973
• Hill Where the Lord Hides, 1974
• Theme from "Chinatown", 1974
• Summer Place '76, 1976