Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian-born bandlead… Read Full Bio ↴Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of pop and Christmas standards. He is often credited with creating the "easy listening" or "mood music" format which became staples of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s. Though his professional orchestra-leading career began at the height of the swing era, Faith refined and rethought orchestration techniques, including use of large string sections, to soften and fill out the brass-dominated popular music of the 1940s.

The Song From Moulin Rouge
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Comments from YouTube:

@Grufian

15y↑49

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

30w↑1

Hi, what was it like working with Percy Faith?

@truthseeker3236

17w

Thanks for the music God bless

@sandex10

11y↑260

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

4y↑28

God bless your dad...and you.

@angiebirdsall5132

3y↑10

Aww so sad honey! 😕

@nancygwin6955

3y↑26

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

2y↑11

A sweet cry!😔
Greetings from Argentina!

@bertharuiz1225

2y↑4

But where is my love? So pretty. It’s saddens our hearts. Separation is so cruel.

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@buergerdoc

2y↑47

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.

@RobertSilvestri86

15w

me too. Same age, same song, different radio.

@valmor8431

5y↑105

I’m 70 years old now and this song I consider the lullaby of my childhood

@SaraHamidpour

4y↑5

Aww how was your childhood, those days were people any different from now? As a millennial I would love to know :-)

@byua1835

4y↑4

@Sara Hamidpour i'd also love to know because listening to songs like these gives me nostalgia of a life i had never had

@anthonyryde4489

4y↑5

I'm the same age and similar thoughts

@carbugnov1952

3y↑2

mine was Blue Tango by Leroy Andersson 1952

@mauravidal9579

2y↑2

@Sara Hamidpour No te imaginas que tiempos tan bellos, la gente era tan buena, cortés, y sencilla pero elegante al mismo tiempo. Momentos vividos que nunca volverán!!

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@tonyrogers1923

4y↑66

I had a vivid dream last night about my precious wife, in heaven now for 12 years. Something about this song has had me crying my heart out, as many songs have, over the years, since she was taken home. So emotionally moving. 😥

@Pipendreamer

2y↑9

God rest her soul, and for you "Blessed are they which mourn for they shall be comforted".

@deanschneck723

2y↑2

Tony, you have beautiful memories of her.

@junevanstaden7288

19w

It definitely is emotionally moving. My condolences. My husband passed away in July 2021

@redbaron2750

13y↑41

soy un hombre de 52 años y al encontrar estas joyas de la musica recuerdo con nostalgia los años de mi niñez en los 60's pues en casa no solo se escuchaban los grupos del momento, sino tambien, estas hermosas melodias interpretadas por estas grandes orquestas, gracias por traernos tan buenos recuerdos.

@elliott021

2y↑15

Watched this video over and over again after being laid off from my job in 2007. I found it comforting in many many ways. Almost 15 years later and I still enjoy watching and listening. Beautiful composition.

@USRoute66

16y↑23

Its so nice to hear a full-size orchestra perform something so beautiful that it must have come from heaven. Sadly, most kids today only know Rock or Rap, but nothing this sophisticated. I have a feeling that this song will live on forever, but most of today's garbage will be forgotten in a few years.

@arnoldbecerra357

2y↑2

I’m your neighbor from down south Mexico and totally I greed with you..this a beautiful French song…the music from the 40 to part of 60s was better….

@elliott021

It’s a great piece of music. But there’s plenty of other great music out there too. Including stuff written today.

@anitaparakh-morgan8348

20w↑1

Absolutely! It's so utterly repetitive and boring and full of swearing. When these kids are parents and grandparents, what beautiful contemporary music will they have to remember?

@musicsuperrelaxingviajar

2y↑43

La buena música es universal y no importa la edad de las personas, sino el buen gusto para escuchar, motivar la mente y deleitar el alma!

@markcabie

2y↑2

Palabras ciertas.

@ottorinobonazzi2440

1y↑1

Igual

@silviasalgado7089

1y↑2

Totalmente De acuerdo!!

@angeloschild

11y↑28

My mother loved this kind of orchestral music (especially Mantovani, Percy Faith, and Les Baxter) and played it on the phonograph as she went about her days of washing, cleaning, and cooking. It reminds me of our childhood, and how she taught us to dream.

@kathrynshaw4711

2y↑4

Memories of music I heard as a small child. We will never lose this type of music. Our souls and past lives tap into it. I am now 70, thank you Percy.

@happyme6153

2y↑3

I still love it today. I am 73 years young.

@st.sophiaphiloptochos4628

31w

I still have my mom's old Mantovani and Les Baxter albums.

@cuervovallejo2711

6y↑41

Percy Faith's compositions are simply magical. I am transported to a very happy and peaceful place in my mind. When I am upset, I listen to his music and I am instantly better. Thank you for uploading it.

@gruyerolivier1842

G Auric French composer

@henryhorner3182

1y↑8

A beautiful and timeless work of music. More than a little different from today's trash music.

@alexmendez9627

2y↑21

I am thankful that I stumbled upon this beautiful song/genre a couple years ago. There are so many beautiful “oldie” songs!! Many old artist are now my favorites… Percy Faith, Bert Kaempfert, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, etc

@jwilson5033965549

14y↑7

Percy Faith is in a class all by himself. No one can match his work. He was the king of orchastra.

@jbrandrn

15y↑20

I haven't heard this for a long time. Beautiful recording. Thanks for YouTube and the person who submitted this.

@lourdeslulyloualvarinosuar7510

1y↑7

I am so elated...enjoying it sooo much...such good music ! all of it a treasure for ever and ever. Thanks to the master composers, performers and all the good people sharing, so am I , paying forward. This is truly magical ❤️🙆

@susanodea1837

7y↑32

My dad loved this, and was played at his funeral, I miss him so much.😢

@peskylisa

11y↑78

This music was before my time, but I have such a strong affinity to it; it's beautiful. What can I say? Even as a child, it could reduce me to tears....

@fjg9657

4y↑7

Me, too. Then and even now.

@sherishaffertheartistandmy7948

Me, too! In the early 80's, I danced The Charleston in front of my history class for extra credit (I checked out a vinyl record from the library that had a insert to layout on the floor with the dance pattern on it), apparently I was the only kid in my 7th grade class that liked jazz and Big Band music, it was such a wake-up call for me to find out that not everyone felt the same way about it as me, to feel how very moving that music is! As an adult, I had a psychic tell me that I'm an old soul, that I had a previous lifetime from the early 1900's to the very early 1950's, and that disclosure resonated with me on a level I understood without understanding it, if that makes sense!!!

@muffassa6739

I always loved this song 💗 I just never knew who wrote it.

@SunilKumar-ue1xo

2y↑5

Theme from A Summer Place is just heavenly it simply churns your heart and brings back all old memories of the 1960s.

@lakeleymagnolia2401

7y↑2

Percy Faith, you are unequaled. Fantastic. Never changing.

@markdezii

5y↑43

Fantastic. What an arrangement by Percy Faith.

@whatsthat163

8y↑84

It's one of the most beautiful pieces of music that will never go out of style nor will it ever be outdated for lovers of pure music. Thanks a million Percy Faith

@stephenpowstinger733

6y↑1

what's that? This reminds me of when I was a little boy, when songs were often sentimental - but this one has an especially good melody.

@user-wv9vu8zr1q

3y↑1

This beautiful melody I remember 65 years...

@joseluishernandezc.9003

3y↑26

Esto es una reliquia musical del Sr. Percy Faith. Lástima que hay muy pocos videos de el. Gracias al Sr. Mauriatmusic por su trabajo.

@anthonyryde4489

6y↑27

Absolutely superb - how can anyone not like quality music like this - it's beyond me. I wish I still had my mums vinyl version

@OjaiRoy

4y↑4

The relatives of all these musicians should be PROUD! Thankfully the internet came along so we could all enjoy this.

@jimpankey9161

6y↑5

Whenever we kiss, I worry and wonder....so beautifull! Will always remain in my heart.

@robinascott2550

6y↑2

Percy faiths orchestra were a joy to listen to

@ffurgy

15y↑5

It was the first "Moulin Rouge" film, back in the 50's. This song went to the top of the charts for weeks...we were romanticists, then, so this song hit chords with us.

@victortrial3010

6y↑26

I’m so glad I was raised to appreciate this lovely music. Stranger on the shore; is another great.

@daldieduckweather5320

Not to mention that other one by Percy Faith. Um, Theme From A Summer Place?

@TheLadyk53

This song and Stranger on the Shore are my top two favourite songs ever! They both just seem to reach deep down into my soul and take hold of me. Peace.

@nancydavis_

6y↑16

I dedicate this to my wonderful parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles from this era! Love you MUCH!

@larryzeleznik3490

6y↑39

This is music. Actual soul soothing music. From the forgotten pqst.

@ciao614

11y↑37

My Dad returned from Korea in '53 also. Then he got married the same year to my Mom. They just celebrated their 60th Anniversary in July. Best to you~

@ceciladuca6633

4y↑13

When my AF dad came back from overseas in the 50s he brought me a pretty little enamel-painted clock that played the theme from Moulin Rouge and I think of him and that clock every time I hear it.

@wantabwriter

3y↑2

That is special. The things that trigger good memories are treasures for sure.

@rydabent

10y↑38

Now this is real music not what passes for music these days.

@donalcoleman9297

5y↑4

Looking at those not so young guys play fills me with deep curiousity about their backgrounds. Some of them, I wonder if they were born and trained in Europe and left their ravaged war-torn countries to gratefully pass on their gift to a world that gave them a chance to live. They look so grounded in beauty and calmed pain, so mysteriously chiselled and crafted in the experience of the art of life. Percy couldn't have done it without each of them.

@user-cy4yl5ue3o

23w↑1

My parents used to dance 🩰 to this kinda of music when they were in love when they used to dance at ball rooms the music was just beautiful and so wonderful boy I miss my parents what great memories I shared with them I don't think I'll ever forget the good music they played back then I miss the music don't you ❤😂😢😅

@jimkistnerjr5305

26w

I was born in 1953, and, of course, did not remember hearing this music... UNTIL 1969 when I was 16 and instantly felt a connection to it. I HAD to know what the song was! and finally found it had been put to words (Darling, Where is your heart"). I have concluded that I must have heard this melody while unborn because of such a strong connection felt to it.

@D.N..

5y↑20

A bit of heaven for those of us from a different generation! 😄

@G6JPG

3y↑1

I'm perhaps a later generation? (1960), but I still love it.

@anthonyryde4489

7y↑2

Another superb Percy Faith rendition - superb

@Olivia-hx2hx

2y↑2

So beautiful, makes ur heart sing

@Michal3012

6y↑4

Wiele lat tamu znalazłem tu tekst: "...it was my Dad favourite song. He was a soldier in Korea 1953. I miss You so much Daddy and all of us miss you yoo....." Ciągle nie mogę go zapomnieć...

@anthonyryde4489

6y↑6

When I was 10 I was asked - 'why do you like this sort of music --- and now 58 years later I'm still listening to this beautiful music

@lindaharper8458

7y↑106

I love this song. My mom used to play this on her record player. I was only 4 years old atthe time and it always made me cry. My mom couldn't figure out what was making me crythen she came to realize it was the music. It still makes me cry.

@remotegod255

6y↑16

Music lovers cry when the music touches their soul :)

@tonik9724

5y↑14

Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one who crys when I hear lovely music!

@anitamaree9121

5y↑8

Soo true...I love good music. Thus is one of those that just make me cry. ❤

@oldbrian8623

5y↑10

@Anita Maree Beautiful music is like a sort of prayer, expressing gratitude for the gift of being alive. It is a terribly bad, sad thing, that most young people today do not even have the opportunity to hear such music. Perhaps the neanderthals among them would dismiss good music as being unfashionable, were they to hear it, but I think that for sensitive individuals, beautiful music is like "water to drink", for the soul.

@kathylynne2011

4y↑5

A song that makes me cry is sung by Patsy Cline called:
"If I could see the world through the eyes of a child".

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@alevine1951

5y↑21

So beautiful, touches something deep and unconscious, evokes emotions....

@markcabie

7y↑1

True music... Percy Faith is great. thanks for sharing.

@philhurtado7269

1y↑3

This song has been on this program for at least 14 years now, and it’s not going away! It a beautiful piece of music. I’ve been hearing it for years and have never gotten tired of listening…it sends shivers and tears to hear it again! Thank you!

@anthonyryde4489

6y↑3

This has always a place in my soul. It is so beautiful it makes the hair on the back of neck stand on end !!! So enigmatic

@pistamagyar8851

3y↑1

I was born in May 1953, this song is MY!!!!

@larryluckjohn538

5y↑16

This song never loses it's beauty and draw !! Percy Faith & Mantovani, two great orchestra's to play it !

@TheOldrecordclub

6y↑53

That's what i call real good music, thanks for the share my friend... Carl

@Olivia-hx2hx

2y↑4

My all time favorite piece of music. I come back here over and over

@Olivia-hx2hx

I so totally agree with u. Its magic the way all the the instruments lilt. It lifts the heart.

@corey-bird3489

@Olivia I oughta put this on my already intended to be soothing channel, then 😌

@basspig

15y↑4

One just has to love those 'cascading strings'. What a magical sound they do make!

@remotegod255

6y↑49

What a great video. I love watching the orchestra play. Seeing the bows violinists and postures of the musicians somehow makes it sound more real. This was #1 top of the popular music charts in 1953. Crazy how much popular music has changed since then, isn't it?

@remmymafia3889

yeah, but there's no females and minorities, so we have to condemn it-sorry.

@carlosgarciamonteroluza5519

7y↑1

La escuchaba a los 20 y sigo encontrándola maravillosa en mis 75 anos !!!!!

@jmrodas9

6y↑6

My late Dad took me to see the picture Moulin Rouge and had to explain most of it to me as I was just a kid but I remember I liked the music and still do. Percy Faith was indeed a great musician and his orcheasta interpreted many fine movie themes.

@Limelight107

3y↑1

Very beautiful music !......Good old days.

@djosephbenedict2244

2y↑10

I first heard this in my youth (late 50s, early 60s) as the flip side of "Swedish Rhapsody" on a 78. That mix also had a vocal after the bridge / modulation (key change). I thought that the intro sounded like music to accompany the visual of a spaceship landing, and the outro as the ship returning to the sky. The strings, at times, reach directly into me ... it's very moving.

@nicholasandrian5580

2y↑1

The singer got little credit despite her great performance. Her name is Felicia Sanders. One of the top records of 1953.

@djosephbenedict2244

Here's the link to the vocal version ... https://youtu.be/seVvbq35Zow

@samsnoddy372

Listened to this beautiful music on AFN in Munich Germany when my father was stationed at the 98th General Hospital in 1993. NO TV back then. Music has deteriorated a lot since that time. Much of it is noise today.

@franklindavid

15y↑8

This is music from an another era that will never be forgotten, just keeps on delighting every generation.

@javierparra7052

2y↑11

Esta bella melodía me hace evocar los tiempos de mi infancia.

@TheMenon49

13y↑8

God! Percy Faith has given me wings and I'm floating lazily over a beautiful world............

@danielhickmott5800

3y↑1

People who weren't raised in this era don't understand the term "angry music" as someone who grew up with this might describe much of the popular music of the past few decades.

@whatsthat163

8y↑72

It's one of the most pieces of music that will never go out of style. Thanks a million Percy Faith

@markstephenson6023

8y↑4

This is sweet and comforting, where melody and rhythm make sense, the strings are singing the lyrics. Thank God I grew up in the time I did, and embraced the music of the Greatest Generation, as with mine. If the Melody, rhythm and lyrics don't make sense, maybe it's because I cling to what I know tastes good to my ears.

@junevanstaden7288

19w

Absolutely stunning. This tune just popped into my head out of nowhere earlier tonight. Hummed it on Google and found it.

@canadiannuclearman

5y↑1

now and then a film producer uses old music as a score. This would be great even today.

@ginacustodio7120

9y↑16

beautiful, classic, timeless.....

@johntate9612

How could anybody on this green earth give a thumbs down on this amazing tune..oh I know..they must be deaf...for which I'm sorry...

@bscnyc9948

5y↑5

So cool!!! Sleep comes easily restoring energy & calming the mind!!!Thank you Percy Faith. Many thanks too thisboy!!! Am sleepy love wl take a nap! Be back in a bit. 😍❤️❤️❤️

@jongowan3277

6y↑8

Dreamy , beautiful, song slow and soft music is amazing to listen to music like this can only come from Percy faith.🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎹🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸

@dennishillback1259

6y↑15

WONDERFUL Beautiful relaxing music

@carloseduardoyanezquilenan4106

6y↑1

Bellisimo!!! Gracias.

@josefinacruz7280

7y↑2

Hermosas notas, gracias a esta música yo soñaba y volaba lejos mi imaginación, y me hacía feliz en la década de los 70 !!!!

@abengyu112751

6y↑2

i love Classical Music ...No Words.....Percy

@carolewilson1311

8y↑18

This is wonderfull music.The sort that makes you glad to be alive in this sad world

@adolfocasanovalopez2388

Imposible no sentirlo sin olvidar que tubistes tu momento y sólo tu momento alguna vez...From.Madrid España Eddy Nova.

@celestinolunasco8623

5y↑2

Escuchar bellas melodías nos transporta a otro mundo donde podemos vivir en paz...armonía y con amor...es maravilloso escuchar al Maestro Percy Faith que grande fue con sus melodías hoy en el cielo con los angeles.

@rosemariepoverman

19w

Saw the Movie the night in 1953 my David bought me a simple gold wedding band. Only 19 and 20 we eloped a few days later because of religious differences and were together until death parted us 671/2 years later. This was our song

@lanslay7342

5y↑11

Absolutely awesome 🌹🌹👍❤️👏💕

@satori03

2y↑2

I cried after the first 2 notes..I just don't know why...BEAUTIFUL..Soulful..Elegant

@lawrencekraemer1123

1y↑1

me too

@aidacabrera6611

5y↑2

Hermosa composición musical, desde niña la escuche estaba en los discos que mi padre poseía y me decía que para el eran su tesoro y cuanta razón tenia hoy la sigo escuchando y vienen a mi mente tantos recuerdos hermosos. es una melodía que toca las cuerdas de mi alma. Me encanta!!!

@WOODBINEXX

10y↑47

my mum is 81 and very ill,this is my song for her xxxxx

@JIMBOSKI58

12y↑1

First heard this song in 1959 serving with the army in Germany. Albums sold at the PX for $2.35. By chance bought a Percy Faith album and this song always sticks most to my memory. My favoite version.

@MrMourice

10y↑25

Nothing is more beautiful than this melody

@veramaria8672

1y↑5

Orquestra espetacular: belissima msc meus ouvidos agradece. Maravilha !

@anaalban8836

48w↑2

Cuánta elevación para mi alma, escuchar esta obra maestra. Percy Faith, genio.

@gwardell2

6y↑1

This is the way music should sound. This is real music.

@michaellazzeri9439

AHHHHHH YES------REAL MUSIC.---------FROM SUMMER OF '53, i WAS 6 Y/O, HEADING TO 7, BUT i REMEMBER.

@finalascent

15y↑3

One of my favority Percy Faith songs... I use this as my ring tone.... I get TONS of compliments and questions about it.

@theidahospud

6y↑2

It was 1954 I was 8 years old and was taken to see the movie "Moulin Rouge" staring Jose Farrer. This song and its words sank into my soul. To this day I'm emotionally affected every time I i hear it. Such a sad, but beautiful song! .

@IbarraBros1969

12y

back in 1953 i juast return from korea ian now 78 because i was born in 1934 thanks for this sweet song

@howardgooding3493

8y↑88

Beautiful, an unforgettable masterpiece

@williamkellerman7430

7y↑1

howard gooding

@carmendominguezblanca6470

4y↑3

Por Dios no puedo seguir escuchando está canción me hace llorar por qué? no sé... Más sin embargo no dejó de escucharla muy hermosa... 🎶💙🎶💙🎶

@paulmadsen6405

Another childhood song of the past, always remember this, on the radio, hits from movies, oldies but goldies l guess, damn

@Corrie121

14y↑1

This engenders memories of listening to the "Top Twenty" each Sunday night on Radio Luxembourg in the 1950's. I was sweet sixteen when this one charted in 1953. Liked it then, and I still do. Thanks for sharing.

@RobertSilvestri86

15w

Beautiful ! Takes me back to another time.

@brendamaclou8176

What Beautiful Memories Reminds me of my Dearly Beloved Parents

@kaywarren2601

10y

My 50th birthday 12 yrs ago... The Moulin Rouge.... such memories

@MusicJunky3

15y

Thats's the beauty of YT and what music does to you . Cuts through the b.s. and goes right to the hart.

@TheKobrien46

10y↑1

This has been an awesome session to be able to hear some songs from Carmen Cavallaro that I haven't heard in such a lot of decades let alone to be able to find it here. Thanks for the blast from the past.

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