Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, Buffalo, New York, February 24, 1941) is an Americansinger and actress with a career concerning jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with top-notch arrangers, song-writers and producers, Sommers' popular reputation became closely tied to her biggest, yet most uncharacteristic, hit song "Johnny Get Angry."
Career
Sommers began singing in church choirs as a way to deal with "a difficult childhood", and in 1951 at age 10, appeared on a Buffalo television program singing Hank Williams' Your Cheating Heart, winning the amateur talent contest. In 1955 the family relocated to Venice, California. Sommers went on to win honors to become vocalist with her high school band at Venice High, and did so again at Santa Monica City College. Her break came after a friend took her to the Deauville Country Club (now Braemar Country Club) where she sang with arranger-composer Tommy Oliver whose band was resident at the time. Oliver arranged for a demo record to be cut and presented to Warner Brothers, whereupon Sommers was signed to the label.
"Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 filmA 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", the piece is not the main title theme of the film, but a secondary love theme for the characters played by Dee and Donahue.
Following its initial film appearance, the theme has been 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-known cover version 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.
Percy Faith version
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City, It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra", prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place.
A Summer Place is a 1958 novel by Sloan Wilson, a follow-on to The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. The novel is about an adult couple who rekindle a long-ago summer romance that ended because of class differences, and their two teenage children from other marriages who also fall in love with each other. It was adapted into a 1959 film of the same name.
Plot summary
Two onetime teenage lovers, Ken Jorgenson and Sylvia Hunter, marry other people, but rediscover each other later in life. By then, Sylvia has a son, Johnny, and Ken a daughter, Molly, who also begin a romance.
While in college, the self-supporting Ken takes a summer job as a lifeguard on Pine Island, an exclusive Maine island resort, where Sylvia and her nouveau riche family are staying as guests of the old money owners. The rich young people at the resort mock Ken and exclude him from their social activities, considering him a lowly employee. Although Sylvia is strongly attracted to Ken, she feels pressure from her family and from her wealthy peers to reject the impoverished Ken and make a more suitable match with Bart Hunter, the son of a wealthy, established island family. Bart and Ken eventually come to blows over Sylvia, leading to Ken and Sylvia secretly consummating their love. Ken leaves the island for good at the end of the summer, and Sylvia marries Bart as her family wishes.
Alcoholic Bart Hunter (Arthur Kennedy), his long-suffering wife Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire), and their teenage son Johnny (Troy Donahue) operate a crumbling inn on Pine Island off the Maine coast. The inn was previously Bart's elegant family mansion in an exclusive resort, but as his family fortunes have dwindled, the Hunters are forced to rent rooms to paying guests, even going so far as to move themselves into the small guest house so their own master bedroom suite can be rented out. Bart receives a reservation request from an old acquaintance, Ken Jorgenson, who was a lowly lifeguard on the island twenty years ago, but is now a successful research chemist and millionaire. Ken wants to bring his wife and daughter to the island for the summer. Bart dislikes Ken and feels that Ken is just coming to lord his new wealthy status over Bart, who is no longer rich. Bart nearly refuses the request, but Sylvia insists that he accept because they badly need the money.
The lighthouse is situated on a rocky skerry, which is elevated a maximum of 16 metres above the Baltic Sea. The first lighthouse on this islet was built in 1808. That construction was a brick building, chalked in white, about five metres high, with a lanternine on its top. The light source was modernized in 1866, and it was also raised to an elevation of eight metres. The lighthouse was given a third class lens system and a clockwork which rotated an oil lamp with a double wick. This gave the lighthouse beacon a reddish gloom.
The lighthouse men lived along with their families in a wooden house next to the lighthouse. A fog horn was constructed at the other end of the island by the beginning of the 20th century. The Imperial Russian Army began constructing defense works on this island when World War I erupted, but these were never completed. In 1918, Finnish maritime authorities manned the lighthouse.
Sommers is an Australian sports equipment company, specialising in cricket equipment. Sommers is a family business which started in 1999.
History
The company was established in 1999 when Sommers director John Rennie approached a well-known bat maker with a request to make twenty cricket bats. The bats were labelled with Sommers decals and sold to friends at cost price. From that stage the company has grown from producing cricket bats only for local cricketers to producing a whole range of cricket equipment for some of the worlds best cricketers; including Michael Bevan and Glenn McGrath.
Sponsored players
Sommers sponsors several international cricketers, they include;
Joanie Sommers -- Johnny Get Angry
one of my Mama's favorites,I like it too!!
plus it's got all that kazoo action!!!
love her voice too,very unique!!!
published: 19 Jan 2013
Joannie Sommers - Johnny Get Angry (Sha Na Na TV Show)
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high s...
published: 29 Oct 2014
Joanie Sommers, Jack Jones--"Call Me," introduced by Joan Crawford
Joanie Sommers and Jack Jones sing "Call Me" in this 1965 TV appearance with Joan Crawford.
published: 24 Feb 2016
Joanie Sommers - I'll Never Stop Loving You (1963)
Joanie Sommers performing I'll Never Stop Loving You (1963)
published: 29 Aug 2019
Joanie Sommers ~ One Boy (Stereo)
One Boy by Joanie Sommers ~ from 1960 ~ also on her 1962 album "Johnny Get Angry"
published: 12 Jun 2019
Joanie Sommers -- (Theme From) A Summer Place
Joanie Sommers -- (Theme From) A Summer Place
published: 31 May 2013
Joanie Sommers - I'D BE SO GOOD FOR YOU (1964)
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
published: 14 Oct 2010
Joanie Sommers and the Pepsi Generation!
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
Thanks Joanie Sommers!
Please "like" and subscri...
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charte...
Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.
In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~Linda Seida, All Music Guide
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Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.
In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~Linda Seida, All Music Guide
PLEASE NOTE: I divided my uploads among multiple channels, Bookmark this link in your browser for instant access to an index with links to all of John1948's oldies classics. LINK: http://john1948.wikifoundry.com/page/John1948%27s+Youtube+Index
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he a...
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of ...
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
Thanks Joanie Sommers!
Please "like" and subscribe!
Thanks,
Joe Evelius
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
Thanks Joanie Sommers!
Please "like" and subscribe!
Thanks,
Joe Evelius
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960[
It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart. It reached number two in the UK. It hit number one in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place 76".
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at number eighteen on Billboard's top 100 songs during th...
published: 22 Apr 2010
The Theme from "A Summer Place"
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The Theme from "A Summer Place" · Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Percy Faith'S Greatest Hits
℗ 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1987-04-14
Composer, Lyricist: Max Steiner
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published: 08 Oct 2015
A Summer Place Theme (live) - Max Steiner | WDR Funkhausorchester
Das Thema aus dem Film "A Summer Place" ("Die Sommerinsel") von Max Steiner gespielt vom WDR Funkhausorchester unter der Leitung von Frank Strobel. Live aufgenommen am 20.05.2022 im WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz.
A Summer Place Theme - Max Steiner / Heinz Kretzschmar (Arr.)
WDR Funkhausorchester
Frank Strobel, Leitung
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published: 14 Aug 2022
Percy Faith Theme From A Summer Place 1960
published: 16 Feb 2014
Percy Faith & His Orchestra - A Summer Place - 1959
A Summer Place Film, Directed by Delmer Daves, Warner Bros. 1959.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra," prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place.
The single was not an immediate hit and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart until mid-January 1960, finally reaching #1 six weeks later on February 22, 1960.[1] It went on to set an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at #1 a record which would not be broken until 1977, when "You Light Up My Life" spent ten weeks at #1. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/ Hound D...
published: 21 Oct 2019
John Gregory & His Orchestra - Theme from 'A Summer Place'
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published: 01 May 2013
Cliff Richard Theme from A Summer Place
CLIFF AT MOVIES
The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 movie A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It is one of the most well known examples of beautiful music.This was the first movie theme to win a Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1961). It still stands as the longest-running #1 instrumental hit in the US, running for 9 weeks. It is also the very first instrumental recording to win Record of the Year.
published: 27 Mar 2008
Theme From "A Summer Place" (Remastered)
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Theme From "A Summer Place" (Remastered) · The Lettermen
All Time Greatest Hits
℗ 1987 Capitol Records, LLC
Released on: 1987-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Wally Traugott
Composer Lyricist: Mack Discant
Composer Lyricist: Max Steiner
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Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboar...
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960[
It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart. It reached number two in the UK. It hit number one in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place 76".
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at number eighteen on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first fifty years of the Hot 100 chart.
NOTE: I do not own this material, all songs belong to their legal and rightful owners. I have uploaded this music for educational purposes. I strongly encourage all who visit my channel and watch my videos to support the artists by buying their CDs and/or Mp3s. Thank you.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960[
It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart. It reached number two in the UK. It hit number one in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place 76".
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at number eighteen on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first fifty years of the Hot 100 chart.
NOTE: I do not own this material, all songs belong to their legal and rightful owners. I have uploaded this music for educational purposes. I strongly encourage all who visit my channel and watch my videos to support the artists by buying their CDs and/or Mp3s. Thank you.
Provided to YouTube by Columbia
The Theme from "A Summer Place" · Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Percy Faith'S Greatest Hits
℗ 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
Re...
Provided to YouTube by Columbia
The Theme from "A Summer Place" · Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Percy Faith'S Greatest Hits
℗ 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1987-04-14
Composer, Lyricist: Max Steiner
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Columbia
The Theme from "A Summer Place" · Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Percy Faith'S Greatest Hits
℗ 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1987-04-14
Composer, Lyricist: Max Steiner
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Das Thema aus dem Film "A Summer Place" ("Die Sommerinsel") von Max Steiner gespielt vom WDR Funkhausorchester unter der Leitung von Frank Strobel. Live aufgen...
Das Thema aus dem Film "A Summer Place" ("Die Sommerinsel") von Max Steiner gespielt vom WDR Funkhausorchester unter der Leitung von Frank Strobel. Live aufgenommen am 20.05.2022 im WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz.
A Summer Place Theme - Max Steiner / Heinz Kretzschmar (Arr.)
WDR Funkhausorchester
Frank Strobel, Leitung
► Mehr zum WDR Funkhausorchester, zu Konzerten und aktuellen Livestreams gibt es bei https://funkhausorchester.wdr.de
► Das WDR Funkhausorchester bei Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wdrfunkhausorchester
Das Thema aus dem Film "A Summer Place" ("Die Sommerinsel") von Max Steiner gespielt vom WDR Funkhausorchester unter der Leitung von Frank Strobel. Live aufgenommen am 20.05.2022 im WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz.
A Summer Place Theme - Max Steiner / Heinz Kretzschmar (Arr.)
WDR Funkhausorchester
Frank Strobel, Leitung
► Mehr zum WDR Funkhausorchester, zu Konzerten und aktuellen Livestreams gibt es bei https://funkhausorchester.wdr.de
► Das WDR Funkhausorchester bei Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wdrfunkhausorchester
A Summer Place Film, Directed by Delmer Daves, Warner Bros. 1959.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arran...
A Summer Place Film, Directed by Delmer Daves, Warner Bros. 1959.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra," prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place.
The single was not an immediate hit and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart until mid-January 1960, finally reaching #1 six weeks later on February 22, 1960.[1] It went on to set an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at #1 a record which would not be broken until 1977, when "You Light Up My Life" spent ten weeks at #1. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog" remained at #1 for 11 weeks in 1956 prior to the 1958 creation of the Hot 100 chart; The Beatles' "Hey Jude" tied, but did not break, the nine-week record in 1968.) It remains the longest-running #1 instrumental in the history of the chart. Billboard ranked Faith's version as the Number One song for 1960.
The Faith version reached #2 in the UK. It was also a #1 hit in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole."
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice: first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76."
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at #18 on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits called it "the most successful instrumental single of the rock era."
Percy Faith grabó la versión más popular del tema, un arreglo orquestal instrumental, en el Columbia 30th Street Studio en la ciudad de Nueva York. Fue lanzado en septiembre de 1959 como un sencillo en Columbia Records, acreditado a "Percy Faith and his Orchestra", antes del lanzamiento en noviembre de 1959 de la película A Summer Place.
El sencillo no fue un éxito inmediato y no entró en la lista de singles Billboard Hot 100 hasta mediados de enero de 1960, llegando finalmente al # 1 seis semanas después el 22 de febrero de 1960. Luego estableció un récord en el momento de nueve semanas consecutivas en el # 1, un récord que no se rompería hasta 1977, cuando "You Light Up My Life" pasó diez semanas en el # 1. (El éxito de doble cara de Elvis Presley "Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog" permaneció en el número 1 durante 11 semanas en 1956 antes de la creación en 1958 de la lista Hot 100; "Hey Jude" de The Beatles empató, pero no se rompió , el récord de nueve semanas en 1968.) Sigue siendo el instrumental # 1 de más larga duración en la historia de la lista. Billboard clasificó la versión de Faith como la canción número uno para 1960.
La versión de Faith alcanzó el número 2 en el Reino Unido. También fue un éxito # 1 en Italia bajo el título "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith ganó un premio Grammy por el récord del año en 1961 por su grabación. Este fue el primer tema de la película y el primer instrumental en ganar un Grammy del año.
Faith volvió a grabar la canción dos veces: primero, en 1969, como una versión coral femenina, luego, en 1976, como una versión disco titulada "Summer Place '76".
En 2008, la versión original de Faith ocupó el puesto número 18 en las 100 mejores canciones de Billboard durante los primeros 50 años de la lista Hot 100. El Billboard Book of Number One Hits lo llamó "el sencillo instrumental más exitoso de la era del rock".
A Summer Place Film, Directed by Delmer Daves, Warner Bros. 1959.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra," prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place.
The single was not an immediate hit and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart until mid-January 1960, finally reaching #1 six weeks later on February 22, 1960.[1] It went on to set an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at #1 a record which would not be broken until 1977, when "You Light Up My Life" spent ten weeks at #1. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog" remained at #1 for 11 weeks in 1956 prior to the 1958 creation of the Hot 100 chart; The Beatles' "Hey Jude" tied, but did not break, the nine-week record in 1968.) It remains the longest-running #1 instrumental in the history of the chart. Billboard ranked Faith's version as the Number One song for 1960.
The Faith version reached #2 in the UK. It was also a #1 hit in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole."
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice: first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76."
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at #18 on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits called it "the most successful instrumental single of the rock era."
Percy Faith grabó la versión más popular del tema, un arreglo orquestal instrumental, en el Columbia 30th Street Studio en la ciudad de Nueva York. Fue lanzado en septiembre de 1959 como un sencillo en Columbia Records, acreditado a "Percy Faith and his Orchestra", antes del lanzamiento en noviembre de 1959 de la película A Summer Place.
El sencillo no fue un éxito inmediato y no entró en la lista de singles Billboard Hot 100 hasta mediados de enero de 1960, llegando finalmente al # 1 seis semanas después el 22 de febrero de 1960. Luego estableció un récord en el momento de nueve semanas consecutivas en el # 1, un récord que no se rompería hasta 1977, cuando "You Light Up My Life" pasó diez semanas en el # 1. (El éxito de doble cara de Elvis Presley "Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog" permaneció en el número 1 durante 11 semanas en 1956 antes de la creación en 1958 de la lista Hot 100; "Hey Jude" de The Beatles empató, pero no se rompió , el récord de nueve semanas en 1968.) Sigue siendo el instrumental # 1 de más larga duración en la historia de la lista. Billboard clasificó la versión de Faith como la canción número uno para 1960.
La versión de Faith alcanzó el número 2 en el Reino Unido. También fue un éxito # 1 en Italia bajo el título "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith ganó un premio Grammy por el récord del año en 1961 por su grabación. Este fue el primer tema de la película y el primer instrumental en ganar un Grammy del año.
Faith volvió a grabar la canción dos veces: primero, en 1969, como una versión coral femenina, luego, en 1976, como una versión disco titulada "Summer Place '76".
En 2008, la versión original de Faith ocupó el puesto número 18 en las 100 mejores canciones de Billboard durante los primeros 50 años de la lista Hot 100. El Billboard Book of Number One Hits lo llamó "el sencillo instrumental más exitoso de la era del rock".
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The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 movie A Summer Place, wh...
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The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 movie A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It is one of the most well known examples of beautiful music.This was the first movie theme to win a Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1961). It still stands as the longest-running #1 instrumental hit in the US, running for 9 weeks. It is also the very first instrumental recording to win Record of the Year.
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The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 movie A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It is one of the most well known examples of beautiful music.This was the first movie theme to win a Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1961). It still stands as the longest-running #1 instrumental hit in the US, running for 9 weeks. It is also the very first instrumental recording to win Record of the Year.
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Theme From "A Summer Place" (Remastered) · The Lettermen
All Time Greatest Hits
℗ 1987 Capitol Records, LLC
Rel...
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Theme From "A Summer Place" (Remastered) · The Lettermen
All Time Greatest Hits
℗ 1987 Capitol Records, LLC
Released on: 1987-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Wally Traugott
Composer Lyricist: Mack Discant
Composer Lyricist: Max Steiner
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Theme From "A Summer Place" (Remastered) · The Lettermen
All Time Greatest Hits
℗ 1987 Capitol Records, LLC
Released on: 1987-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Wally Traugott
Composer Lyricist: Mack Discant
Composer Lyricist: Max Steiner
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Joanie Sommers scored her biggest chart success with "Johnny Get Angry" in 1962. The single, her second solo release, peaked at the number seven spot and charted for more than two months. Her first solo record, "One Boy," was a number from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and only hit number 54 in 1960. She continued to record through the decade, but never had another winner that rose as high on the charts as "Johnny Get Angry." She later achieved a different kind of success in commercials with several different jingles that she sang for Pepsi during the '60s and again two decades later. (The title of one of her later albums, Come Alive, was even derived from one of the Pepsi ad campaigns.)
Sommers, whose real name is Joan Drost, was born in New York but grew up in California. During her high school and college years, she sang in school bands. She was 18 years old when Warner Bros. signed her to a contract in 1959 and paired her with Edd Byrnes on one of his singles. She also had a small role in 77 Sunset Strip, the television series that featured Byrnes in the role of Kookie. In addition, she sang on Byrnes' "I Don't Dig You" and "Hot Rock," which appeared on one of his albums. Sommers released an album of her own, the jazz-oriented Positively the Most, and it helped establish her presence in easy listening and adult circles. Fans and critics often cite her 1965 album, Softly the Brazilian Sound, as one of her best efforts.
In 1966, the singer signed with Columbia Records. One of her following recordings was a version of "Alfie," which both Cher and Dionne Warwick also covered it. While Sommers' version didn't get the notice that the other two did, she had the satisfaction of placing in the Top Ten in the easy listening category. She also appeared in On the Flip Side, a television special that starred Rick Nelson. The show's soundtrack contains two versions of "Try to See It My Way," one of which is a duet with Nelson while the other is a Sommers solo. The singer, married with three children, stepped out of the spotlight as the '70s approached. Before retiring, she made numerous television appearances on the shows of Johnny Carson, Dinah Shore, Dean Martin, Mike Douglas, Bobby Darin, and others. Sommers started singing and making appearances again during the '80s. ~Linda Seida, All Music Guide
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NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED - (Warner Bros. 5437) Out of Los Angeles, this release recorded in April 1964 was produced by Barry Mann and written by he and his wife, Cynthia Weil. With a backing track arrangement in the style of Jack Nitzsche and right out of the 'Phil Spector Sound' instruction manual, this non-hit obscurity is one of Joanie's best.
What a delight to have Joanie Sommers visit our Facebook page and comment on her Pepsi "think young" radio jingle! Joanie ultimately earned the title "Voice of the Sixties" not only for her role in several fabulously successful Pepsi campaigns but also for her television and film appearances.
Joanie kicked off a brand new campaign in the summer of 1964 as baby boomers got a new name - the Pepsi Generation! As heard for the first time in July, 1964, here's the full-length Joanie Sommers Pepsi Generation commercial jingle. It has been transferred and restored from an original broadcast transcription by Joe Evelius at Audio Solutions: https://www.facebook.com/Audio-Solutions-audio-transfer-restoration-and-custom-recording-303055483093128/.
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Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, Buffalo, New York, February 24, 1941) is an Americansinger and actress with a career concerning jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with top-notch arrangers, song-writers and producers, Sommers' popular reputation became closely tied to her biggest, yet most uncharacteristic, hit song "Johnny Get Angry."
Career
Sommers began singing in church choirs as a way to deal with "a difficult childhood", and in 1951 at age 10, appeared on a Buffalo television program singing Hank Williams' Your Cheating Heart, winning the amateur talent contest. In 1955 the family relocated to Venice, California. Sommers went on to win honors to become vocalist with her high school band at Venice High, and did so again at Santa Monica City College. Her break came after a friend took her to the Deauville Country Club (now Braemar Country Club) where she sang with arranger-composer Tommy Oliver whose band was resident at the time. Oliver arranged for a demo record to be cut and presented to Warner Brothers, whereupon Sommers was signed to the label.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the tune, which spent an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at number one on the still-young Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in early 1960[
It remains the longest-running number-one instrumental in the history of the chart. It reached number two in the UK. It hit number one in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place 76".
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at number eighteen on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first fifty years of the Hot 100 chart.
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The Theme from "A Summer Place" · Percy Faith & His Orchestra
Percy Faith'S Greatest Hits
℗ 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1987-04-14
Composer, Lyricist: Max Steiner
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Das Thema aus dem Film "A Summer Place" ("Die Sommerinsel") von Max Steiner gespielt vom WDR Funkhausorchester unter der Leitung von Frank Strobel. Live aufgenommen am 20.05.2022 im WDR Funkhaus Wallrafplatz.
A Summer Place Theme - Max Steiner / Heinz Kretzschmar (Arr.)
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Frank Strobel, Leitung
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A Summer Place Film, Directed by Delmer Daves, Warner Bros. 1959.
Percy Faith recorded the most popular version of the theme, an instrumental orchestral arrangement, at the Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York City. It was released in September 1959 as a single on Columbia Records, credited to "Percy Faith and his Orchestra," prior to the November 1959 release of the film A Summer Place.
The single was not an immediate hit and did not enter the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart until mid-January 1960, finally reaching #1 six weeks later on February 22, 1960.[1] It went on to set an at-the-time record of nine consecutive weeks at #1 a record which would not be broken until 1977, when "You Light Up My Life" spent ten weeks at #1. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit "Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog" remained at #1 for 11 weeks in 1956 prior to the 1958 creation of the Hot 100 chart; The Beatles' "Hey Jude" tied, but did not break, the nine-week record in 1968.) It remains the longest-running #1 instrumental in the history of the chart. Billboard ranked Faith's version as the Number One song for 1960.
The Faith version reached #2 in the UK. It was also a #1 hit in Italy under the title "Scandalo Al Sole."
Faith won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1961 for his recording. This was the first movie theme and the first instrumental to win a Record of the Year Grammy.
Faith re-recorded the song twice: first, in 1969, as a female choral version, then, in 1976, as a disco version titled "Summer Place '76."
In 2008, Faith's original version was ranked at #18 on Billboard's top 100 songs during the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart. The Billboard Book of Number One Hits called it "the most successful instrumental single of the rock era."
Percy Faith grabó la versión más popular del tema, un arreglo orquestal instrumental, en el Columbia 30th Street Studio en la ciudad de Nueva York. Fue lanzado en septiembre de 1959 como un sencillo en Columbia Records, acreditado a "Percy Faith and his Orchestra", antes del lanzamiento en noviembre de 1959 de la película A Summer Place.
El sencillo no fue un éxito inmediato y no entró en la lista de singles Billboard Hot 100 hasta mediados de enero de 1960, llegando finalmente al # 1 seis semanas después el 22 de febrero de 1960. Luego estableció un récord en el momento de nueve semanas consecutivas en el # 1, un récord que no se rompería hasta 1977, cuando "You Light Up My Life" pasó diez semanas en el # 1. (El éxito de doble cara de Elvis Presley "Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog" permaneció en el número 1 durante 11 semanas en 1956 antes de la creación en 1958 de la lista Hot 100; "Hey Jude" de The Beatles empató, pero no se rompió , el récord de nueve semanas en 1968.) Sigue siendo el instrumental # 1 de más larga duración en la historia de la lista. Billboard clasificó la versión de Faith como la canción número uno para 1960.
La versión de Faith alcanzó el número 2 en el Reino Unido. También fue un éxito # 1 en Italia bajo el título "Scandalo Al Sole".
Faith ganó un premio Grammy por el récord del año en 1961 por su grabación. Este fue el primer tema de la película y el primer instrumental en ganar un Grammy del año.
Faith volvió a grabar la canción dos veces: primero, en 1969, como una versión coral femenina, luego, en 1976, como una versión disco titulada "Summer Place '76".
En 2008, la versión original de Faith ocupó el puesto número 18 en las 100 mejores canciones de Billboard durante los primeros 50 años de la lista Hot 100. El Billboard Book of Number One Hits lo llamó "el sencillo instrumental más exitoso de la era del rock".
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The "Theme from A Summer Place" is a song with lyrics by Mack Discant and music by Max Steiner, written for the 1959 movie A Summer Place, which starred Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. It is one of the most well known examples of beautiful music.This was the first movie theme to win a Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1961). It still stands as the longest-running #1 instrumental hit in the US, running for 9 weeks. It is also the very first instrumental recording to win Record of the Year.
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Theme From "A Summer Place" (Remastered) · The Lettermen
All Time Greatest Hits
℗ 1987 Capitol Records, LLC
Released on: 1987-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mastering Engineer: Wally Traugott
Composer Lyricist: Mack Discant
Composer Lyricist: Max Steiner
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There's a summer place where it may rain or storm yet I'm safe and warm For within that summer place your arms reach out to me And my heart is free from all care For it knows there are no gloomy skies when seen through the eyes Of those who are blessed with love And the secret of a summer place is that it's anywhere Anywhere when two people share all their hopes all their dreams all their love And the secret of a summer place...