Theme from A Summer Place
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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.
The song was a number-one hit instrumental for Percy Faith in 1960. 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."
"Theme from A Summer Place" was also covered by Dick Roman in 1962, The Lettermen in 1965 (placing at number sixteen in the charts), and The Ventures in 1969.
This was the first movie theme to win a Grammy Award for Record of the Year (1961).
Pop Culture References
- Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean sang part of the melody in the fadeout of another song, "Like a Summer Rain" (1966)
- In The Simpsons episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Jasper sings this song only by repeating "Theme from A Summer Place" over and over.
- It is also the theme song of Miami radio station WAQI 710 Radio Mambi's show Marta Flores La Noche y Usted.
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