Percy Faith

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Percy Faith was a Canadian-born bandleader, orchestrator, and composer renowned for his lush easy-listening arrangements and influential contributions to mid-20th-century popular music.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Percy Faith canonical 7
Percy Faith and His Orchestra 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
orchestrator ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedAct Percy Faith and His Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Percy Faith
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Performance by an Orchestra ⓘ
Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
child Marilyn Faith ⓘ
Peter Faith ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-04-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-02-09 ⓘ
employer Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ⓘ
Columbia Broadcasting System ⓘ
ethnicGroup Canadian of Jewish descent ⓘ
familyName Faith ⓘ
fullName Percy Faith ⓘ
genre easy listening ⓘ
light music ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ
givenName Percy ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement easy listening music ⓘ
notableFor lush orchestral arrangements ⓘ
popularizing easy-listening music in the mid-20th century ⓘ
notableWork Bouquet of Love ⓘ
Christmas Is…Percy Faith ⓘ
Delicado ⓘ
Mucho Gusto! ⓘ
Song from "Moulin Rouge" (Where Is Your Heart) ⓘ
Theme from "A Summer Place" ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
conductor ⓘ
orchestrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
placeOfDeath Encino, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Los Angeles

Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Toronto
spouse Mary Palange ⓘ
workAwarded Theme from "A Summer Place" ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Virginian → openingThemeComposer → Percy Faith ⓘ
The Oscar → musicBy → Percy Faith ⓘ
Percy Faith → fullName → Percy Faith ⓘ
Percy Faith → associatedAct → Percy Faith and His Orchestra ⓘ
linked to: Percy Faith
A Summer Place → songPerformer → Percy Faith ⓘ
We Need a Little Christmas → hasNotableCoverArtist → Percy Faith ⓘ