Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976), was born in Toronto, Ontari… Read Full Bio ↴Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976), was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After 1940, he moved to Chicago, becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1945. He died in Encino, California, and is interred in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, Culver City, California.
Faith was a band-leader, orchestrator, and composer best known for his arrangements of standard tunes using lush string sections and female choruses. The latter sometimes sang, most often they just vocalized without words.
Faith's live orchestra was a staple of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's live-music broadcasts from 1938 to 1940. After moving to the U.S., Faith made many recordings for Voice of America. After working briefly for Decca Records, he went to work for Mitch Miller at Columbia Records. There, he turned out dozens of albums and provided arrangements for many of the pop singers of the 1950s. The use of the female chorus really became a Percy Faith signature with his mid-late 1960's "Young Lovers" projects; it was also used in his final Holiday album, "Christmas Is," released in 1967.
Faith's most famous and best-remembered recordings are "Delicado" (1952), "Moulin Rouge" (1953) and "Theme from A Summer Place" (1960).
Faith was a band-leader, orchestrator, and composer best known for his arrangements of standard tunes using lush string sections and female choruses. The latter sometimes sang, most often they just vocalized without words.
Faith's live orchestra was a staple of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's live-music broadcasts from 1938 to 1940. After moving to the U.S., Faith made many recordings for Voice of America. After working briefly for Decca Records, he went to work for Mitch Miller at Columbia Records. There, he turned out dozens of albums and provided arrangements for many of the pop singers of the 1950s. The use of the female chorus really became a Percy Faith signature with his mid-late 1960's "Young Lovers" projects; it was also used in his final Holiday album, "Christmas Is," released in 1967.
Faith's most famous and best-remembered recordings are "Delicado" (1952), "Moulin Rouge" (1953) and "Theme from A Summer Place" (1960).
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@Grufian
As an ex-member of Percy Faith's Orchestra, this clip pre-dates my tenure there, but I can spot some of the musicians who were still there when I was. Lots of record albums and tours to Japan, plus many happy memories to carry with me.
@michaelday7707
Hi, what was it like working with Percy Faith?
@truthseeker3236
Thanks for the music God bless
@sandex10
My dad just passed away and I found old letters he wrote to my mom when he was in the Korean War. In one, he said this was his favorite song, so I had to look it up. It gave me a good cry.
@johntate9612
God bless your dad...and you.
@angiebirdsall5132
Aww so sad honey! 😕
@nancygwin6955
My Dad is MIA in North Korea, 1953 ~ this song also gives me comfort. May your Dad's memory be a blessing ~ and this song.
@ninnosimoni755
A sweet cry!😔
Greetings from Argentina!
@bertharuiz1225
But where is my love? So pretty. It’s saddens our hearts. Separation is so cruel.
@buergerdoc
I first heard this rendition in 1952 when I was 6 years old ---- on the radio that my mother was crying over. Still feel it as though it were yesterday.