Percy Faith

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Canadian bandleader and composer Percy Faith was a pillar of live music broadcasting in the years leading up to World War 2. In 1940 he settled in Chicago and became an orchestra leader on the CBS radio network. After becoming a US citizen he made many recordings for Voice of America, and from there went on to work for Mitch Miller at Columbia Records.

At Columbia, Faith's talents were used to help produce dozens of albums writing and arranging for artists such as Tony Bennett, Doris Day and Johnny Mathis and he dominated the easy listening market with numerous hits and best-selling records. Guy Mitchell's million-selling 1950 hit 'My Heart Cries for You' was a Faith composition which he co-wrote with Carl Sigman adapting the song from a traditional French melody.

Occasionally Faith would be commissioned to write film scores and he received an Academy Award nomination for the musical 'Love Me Or Leave Me' which starred Doris Day. He also wrote the theme music for popular US TV series 'The Virginian'. With rock & roll taking over the charts, Faith's style of arrangements and writing fell out of favour with the American public. Towards the end of his career he experimented with brief forays into the country and disco markets but the once ubiquitous Faith found his talents were no longer in demand and in 1997 he passed away from cancer aged 67.

Top tracks

12	A Summer Place	Percy Faith	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	02:43
	Composers: Percy Faith
05	Soleado	Percy Faith	Summer Place '76	03:05
	Composers: Zacar
09	Moon over Miami	Percy Faith	American Serenade	04:05
	Writer: Edgar Leslie / Composers: Joe Burke
12	The Glass Mountain (From the Embassy Film "The Oscar")	Percy Faith	The Essential Percy Faith	02:46
	Writer: Percy Faith - Jay Livingston - Ray Evans / Composers: Percy Faith - Jay Livingston - Ray Evans
08	Our Love	Percy Faith	The Love Goddesses	02:29
	Composers: Percy Faith
05	It Could Happen to You	Percy Faith	It's So Peaceful In the Country	03:34
	Writer: Johnny Burke / Composers: Jimmy Van Heusen
06	Imagination	Percy Faith	It's So Peaceful In the Country	03:10
	Writer: Johnny Burke / Composers: Jimmy Van Heusen
04	Elaine (Gitane)	Percy Faith	Music Until Midnight	02:59
	Writer: Francis Lopez / Composers: Francis Lopez
02	Duet	Percy Faith	Music Until Midnight	02:38
	Composers: Percy Faith
02	While We're Young	Percy Faith	It's So Peaceful In the Country	03:19
	Writer: William Engvick - Alec Wilder - Mortimer Palitz / Composers: William Engvick - Alec Wilder - Mortimer Palitz
01	It's So Peaceful In the Country	Percy Faith	It's So Peaceful In the Country	03:32
	Writer: Alec Wilder / Composers: Alec Wilder
04	I'll Be Around	Percy Faith	It's So Peaceful In the Country	03:45
	Writer: Alec Wilder / Composers: Alec Wilder
09	Piece for English Horn	Percy Faith	Music Until Midnight	03:01
	Composers: Wilder
11	Darn That Dream	Percy Faith	It's So Peaceful In the Country	03:16
	Writer: Edward De Lange / Composers: Jimmy Van Heusen
02	Beautiful Obsession	Percy Faith	Corazón	03:30
	Writer: Ernest Freeman - Joseph Saraceno / Composers: Ernest Freeman - Joseph Saraceno
07	Autumn in New York	Percy Faith	American Serenade	03:36
	Writer: Vernon Duke / Composers: Vernon Duke
02	Stars Fell on Alabama	Percy Faith	American Serenade	03:25
	Writer: Mitchell Parish / Composers: Frank Perkins
08	Beautiful Ohio	Percy Faith	American Serenade	03:25
	Writer: Ballard MacDonald / Composers: Robert A. King
11	Shenandoah (Across the Wide Missouri)	Percy Faith	American Serenade	03:41
09	How Insensitive	Percy Faith	The Essential Percy Faith	02:41
	Writer: Norman Gimbel - Vinicius Demoraes / Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim
07	Return to Paradise (From the United Artists Film," Return to Paradise")	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	The Essential Percy Faith	06:38
	Writer: Ned Washington / Composers: Dimitri Tiomkin
10	The Song From "Moulin Rouge"	Percy Faith	The Essential Percy Faith - The Instrumental Recordings	05:46
	Writer: Auric - Engvick / Composers: Auric - Engvick
10	Killing Me Softly With Her Song	Percy Faith	My Love	02:41
	Writer: Charles Fox - Norman Gimbel / Composers: Charles Fox - Norman Gimbel
01	My Love	Percy Faith	My Love	03:34
	Writer: Paul McCartney - Linda McCartney / Composers: Paul McCartney - Linda McCartney
04	Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus)	Percy Faith	Music Of Christmas Volume II	03:02
	Writer: P. Yon / Composers: P. Yon
08	This Is My Song	Percy Faith	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	02:42
	Composers: Charles Chaplin
06	Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella	Percy Faith	Music Of Christmas Volume II	03:08
	Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional

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Discography

Albums

2025 The Dinner Party: 25-04-2025

The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings

01	Music Until Midnight	Percy Faith	The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings	04:39
	Composers: Mischa Spoliansky - Frank Eyton
02	Siboney	Percy Faith	The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings	04:26
	Composers: Ernesto Lecuona
03	Imagination	Percy Faith	The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings	03:12
	Composers: Jimmy van Heusen - Johnny Burke
04	Elaine	Percy Faith	The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings	03:02
	Composers: Percy Faith
05	Nocturne	Percy Faith	The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings	03:24
	Composers: Percy Faith
06	Danza Negra	Percy Faith	The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings	02:43
	Composers: Ernesto Lecuona
07	Para Vigo Me Voy (Say, Si Si)	Percy Faith	The Dinner Party, Vol. 2 - Smooth Sounds for Elegant Evenings	03:21
	Composers: Ernesto Lecuona

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℗ 1966 ISMCDigital: 01-10-2024

Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro

01	Brasil	Percy Faith	Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro	02:22
	Writer: A.Barroso / Composers: A.Barroso
02	Bésame Mucho	Percy Faith	Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro	03:39
	Writer: C.Velazquez / Composers: C.Velazquez
03	Allá en el Rancho Grande	Percy Faith	Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro	03:03
	Writer: Popular / Composers: Popular
04	Bahia	Percy Faith	Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro	03:24
	Writer: A.Barroso / Composers: A.Barroso
05	Tico-Tico	Percy Faith	Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro	03:25
	Writer: Popular / Composers: Popular
06	La Cumparsita	Percy Faith	Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro	03:05
	Writer: Matos Rodríguez / Composers: Matos Rodríguez
07	Moulin Rouge	Percy Faith	Percy Faith - Orquestas de Oro	03:17
	Writer: W.Engvick / Composers: W.Engvick

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(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment: 31-01-2020

Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)

01	Hello, Young Lovers (Remastered)	Eileen Farrell	Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)	04:11
	Writer: Richard Rodgers / Composers: Oscar Hammerstein II
02	My Romance (Remastered)	Eileen Farrell	Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)	03:46
	Writer: Lorenz Hart / Composers: Richard Rodgers
03	In the Still of the Night (Remastered)	Eileen Farrell	Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)	03:18
	Composers: Cole Porter
04	Stormy Weather (Remastered)	Eileen Farrell	Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)	04:31
	Writer: Ted Koehler / Composers: Harold Arlen
05	Out of this World (Remastered)	Eileen Farrell	Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)	04:08
	Writer: Johnny Mercer / Composers: Harold Arlen
06	I Never Has Seen Snow (Remastered)	Eileen Farrell	Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)	03:50
	Writer: Truman Capote / Composers: Harold Arlen
07	I've Got You Under My Skin (Remastered)	Eileen Farrell	Eileen Farrell - This Fling Called Love (Remastered)	03:29
	Writer: Cole Porter / Composers: Cole Porter

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Originally released 1964. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment: 13-01-2017

Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers

01	The Lonely Bull	Percy Faith	Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers	02:19
	Composers: Sol Lake
02	One Note Samba	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers	02:46
	Writer: N. Medonca - Antonio Carlos Jobim / Composers: N. Medonca - Antonio Carlos Jobim
03	Spanish Harlem	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers	02:22
	Writer: Jerry Leiber - Phil Spector / Composers: Jerry Leiber - Phil Spector
04	How Insensitive	Percy Faith	Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers	02:41
	Writer: Norman Gimbel - Vinicius Demoraes / Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim
05	No More Blues	Percy Faith	Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers	02:36
	Writer: Jessie Cavanaugh - Jon Hendricks - Vinícius de Moraes / Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim
06	(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers	02:55
	Composers: Hal David - Burt Bacharach
07	The Duck	Percy Faith	Plays Latin Themes For Young Lovers	02:23
	Writer: Jayme Silva - Neuza Teixeira - Jon Hendricks / Composers: Jayme Silva - Neuza Teixeira

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℗ 2015 El Records: 20-11-2015

Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet

01	Malagueña	Percy Faith	Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet	03:53
02	Quiéreme Mucho (Yours)	Percy Faith	Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet	03:24
03	El Manisero (The Peanut Vendor)	Percy Faith	Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet	02:33
04	Danza Negra	Percy Faith	Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet	02:43
05	Andalucía (The Breeze and I)	Percy Faith	Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet	02:52
06	El Bodeguero	Percy Faith	Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet	03:25
07	Damisela Encantadora	Percy Faith	Malagueña: The Music of Cuba / Kismet	02:38

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(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment: 18-04-2014

The Essential Percy Faith

01	Jungle Fantasy	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	The Essential Percy Faith	03:10
	Writer: E. Morales / Composers: E. Morales
02	All My Love (Bolero)	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	The Essential Percy Faith	03:05
	Writer: Mitchell Parish - E. Contet - P. Durand / Composers: Mitchell Parish - E. Contet - P. Durand
03	The Syncopated Clock	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	The Essential Percy Faith	02:14
	Writer: Mitchell Parish - Leroy Anderson / Composers: Mitchell Parish - Leroy Anderson
04	Delicado	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	The Essential Percy Faith	02:51
	Writer: W. Azevedo / Composers: W. Azevedo
05	Swedish Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil)	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	The Essential Percy Faith	03:09
	Writer: Hugo Alfvén / Composers: Hugo Alfvén
06	Where is Your Heart (From "Moulin Rouge") (with Percy Faith & His Orchestra)	Felicia Sanders	The Essential Percy Faith	03:11
	Writer: G. Auric - W. Engvick / Composers: G. Auric - W. Engvick
07	Return to Paradise (From the United Artists Film," Return to Paradise")	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	The Essential Percy Faith	06:38
	Writer: Ned Washington / Composers: Dimitri Tiomkin

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℗ 2014 Music Records: 01-01-2014

La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1

01	Blue Moon	Ray Conniff	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	02:18
	Composers: Ray Conniff
02	Verano del 42	Mantovani	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	02:41
	Composers: Mantovani
03	Te para Dos	Mantovani	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	03:22
	Composers: Mantovani
04	Mambo Nº 5	Perez Prado	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	02:36
	Composers: Perez Prado
05	Palillos Chinos	Mantovani	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	02:24
	Composers: Mantovani
06	Georgia on my Mind	Fausto Papetti	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	02:35
	Composers: Fausto Papetti
07	Rapsodia Sueca	Mantovani	La mejor musica instrumental Vol.1	02:51
	Composers: Mantovani

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: 10-01-2009

Chronological Songbook Vol 1

01	Somebody Loves Me	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 1	03:40
	Composers: Gershwin
02	Oh Lady Be Good	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 1	02:48
	Composers: Gershwin
03	Fascinatin' Rhythm	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 1	02:15
	Composers: Gershwin
04	The Man I Love	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 1	03:25
	Composers: Gershwin
05	Preludes 2&3	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 1	04:29
	Composers: Gershwin
06	Clap Yo Hands	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 1	02:01
	Composers: Gershwin
07	Maybe	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 1	03:06
	Composers: Gershwin

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: 10-01-2009

South Pacific

01	Bali Hai	Percy Faith	South Pacific	04:12
	Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
02	Happy Talk	Percy Faith	South Pacific	02:39
	Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
03	Younger Than Springtime	Percy Faith	South Pacific	03:30
	Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
04	I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair	Percy Faith	South Pacific	02:59
	Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
05	Dites Moi	Percy Faith	South Pacific	02:38
	Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
06	There Is Nothin' Like A Dame	Percy Faith	South Pacific	01:59
	Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
07	A Wonderful Guy	Percy Faith	South Pacific	02:25
	Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein

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: 10-01-2009

Chronological Songbook Vol 2

01	Bidin' My Time	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 2	03:15
	Composers: Gershwin
02	I Got Rhythm	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 2	03:46
	Composers: Gershwin
03	Mine	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 2	02:13
	Composers: Gershwin
04	I Got Plenty Of Nuttin'	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 2	02:05
	Composers: Gershwin
05	Summertime	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 2	02:30
	Composers: Gershwin
06	Bess You Is My Woman Now	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 2	03:49
	Composers: Gershwin
07	My Man's Gone Now	Percy Faith	Chronological Songbook Vol 2	03:31
	Composers: Gershwin

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Originally Released 1966 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.: 21-08-1990

Christmas Is...

01	Christmas Is...	Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus	Christmas Is...	02:57
	Writer: Percy Faith - Spence Maxwell / Composers: Percy Faith - Spence Maxwell
02	I'll Be Home For Christmas	Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus	Christmas Is...	03:56
	Writer: Kim Gannon - Buck Ram - Walter Kent / Composers: Kim Gannon - Buck Ram - Walter Kent
03	The Little Drummer Boy	Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus	Christmas Is...	02:58
	Writer: K. Davis - H. Onorati - H. Simeone / Composers: K. Davis - H. Onorati - H. Simeone
04	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus	Christmas Is...	03:00
	Writer: Hugh Martin - Ralph Blane / Composers: Hugh Martin - Ralph Blane
05	We Need a Little Christmas	Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus	Christmas Is...	02:09
	Writer: Jerry Herman / Composers: Jerry Herman
06	Silver Bells	Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus	Christmas Is...	03:16
	Writer: Jay Livingston - Ray Evans / Composers: Jay Livingston - Ray Evans
07	White Christmas	Percy Faith & His Orchestra and Chorus	Christmas Is...	03:07
	Writer: Irving Berlin / Composers: Irving Berlin

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(P) 1975 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment: 01-04-1975

Summer Place '76

01	Summer Place '76 (The Theme From "A Summer Place")	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Summer Place '76	04:19
	Composers: Max Steiner
02	Feelings	Percy Faith	Summer Place '76	03:54
	Writer: Morris Albert / Composers: Morris Albert
03	Ding Dong	Percy Faith	Summer Place '76	03:25
	Composers: Percy Faith
04	Maybe September (with Percy Faith & His Orchestra)	Leslie Kendall	Summer Place '76	03:39
	Writer: Jay Livingston - Ray Evans / Composers: Percy Faith - Jay Livingston - Ray Evans
05	Soleado	Percy Faith	Summer Place '76	03:05
	Composers: Zacar
06	Dream Your Dream	Percy Faith	Summer Place '76	04:16
	Writer: Alan Broadbent / Composers: Alan Broadbent
07	Sha Bumpin'	Percy Faith	Summer Place '76	02:42
	Writer: Tony Camillo / Composers: Tony Camillo

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(P) 1973 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment: 01-04-1973

Corazón

01	Corazón	Percy Faith	Corazón	03:12
	Writer: Carole King / Composers: Carole King
02	Beautiful Obsession	Percy Faith	Corazón	03:30
	Writer: Ernest Freeman - Joseph Saraceno / Composers: Ernest Freeman - Joseph Saraceno
03	Enter the Dragon	Percy Faith	Corazón	03:17
	Composers: Lalo Schifrin
04	Someone Who Cares	Percy Faith	Corazón	03:25
	Composers: Alex Harvey
05	Our Love	Percy Faith	Corazón	02:29
	Composers: Percy Faith
06	Vado via	Percy Faith	Corazón	02:55
	Writer: Luigi Albertelli - Enrico Riccardi / Composers: Luigi Albertelli - Enrico Riccardi
07	Crunchy Granola Suite	Percy Faith	Corazón	03:05
	Writer: Neil Diamond / Composers: Neil Diamond

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(P) 1973 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment: 01-01-1973

My Love

01	My Love	Percy Faith	My Love	03:34
	Writer: Paul McCartney - Linda McCartney / Composers: Paul McCartney - Linda McCartney
02	You Are the Sunshine of My Life	Percy Faith	My Love	02:53
	Writer: Stevie Wonder / Composers: Stevie Wonder
03	Peaceful	Percy Faith	My Love	03:13
	Writer: Kenny Rankin - Yvonne Rankin / Composers: Kenny Rankin - Yvonne Rankin
04	Sing	Percy Faith	My Love	02:46
	Writer: Joe Raposo / Composers: Joe Raposo
05	The Twelfth of Never	Percy Faith	My Love	02:40
	Writer: Paul Francis Webster - Jerry Livingston / Composers: Paul Francis Webster - Jerry Livingston
06	Kodachrome	Percy Faith	My Love	02:58
	Writer: Paul Simon / Composers: Paul Simon
07	Pillow Talk	Percy Faith	My Love	03:57
	Writer: Sylvia Robinson - Michael Burton / Composers: Sylvia Robinson - Michael Burton

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Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes

01	Georgy Girl	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	02:23
	Writer: Jim Dale / Composers: Tom Springfield
02	Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme from "Dr. Zhivago")	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	03:10
	Writer: Paul Francis Webster / Composers: Maurice Jarre
03	A Man and a Woman	Percy Faith & His Orchestra	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	02:13
	Writer: Pierre Barouh / Composers: Francis Lai
04	This Hotel	Percy Faith	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	03:05
	Writer: John Keating - Richard Quine / Composers: John Keating - Richard Quine
05	Theme from "The Sand Pebbles" (And We Were Lovers)	Percy Faith	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	03:03
	Writer: Leslie Bricusse / Composers: Jerry Goldsmith
06	The Wishing Doll	Percy Faith	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	02:17
	Writer: Mack David / Composers: Elmer Bernstein
07	Born Free	Percy Faith	Plays the Academy Award Winner "Born Free" and Other Great Movie Themes	02:25
	Composers: John Barry

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