"Side Saddle" | |
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Single by Russ Conway | |
B-side | "Pixilated Penguin" |
Released | February 1959 [1] [2] |
Genre | Popular music, piano music |
Label | Columbia Records [3] |
Songwriter(s) | Trevor Stanford [1] |
Producer(s) | Norman Newell [3] |
Official audio | |
"Side Saddle" on YouTube |
"Side Saddle" is a hit single which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks from 27 March 1959. [3]
The honky-tonk style tune, composed by British popular music pianist Russ Conway under his real name Trevor Stanford, was written as part of the score for a television musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. [4] [5] Asked to compose a tune at short notice, Conway wrote an "olde-world gavotte" which he called "Side Saddle". [6] The song was a staple of the BBC's Housewives' Choice radio programme. [7]
"Side Saddle" | |
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Single by Russ Conway | |
B-side | "Pixilated Penguin" |
Released | February 1959 [1] [2] |
Genre | Popular music, piano music |
Label | Columbia Records [3] |
Songwriter(s) | Trevor Stanford [1] |
Producer(s) | Norman Newell [3] |
Official audio | |
"Side Saddle" on YouTube |
"Side Saddle" is a hit single which was number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks from 27 March 1959. [3]
The honky-tonk style tune, composed by British popular music pianist Russ Conway under his real name Trevor Stanford, was written as part of the score for a television musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. [4] [5] Asked to compose a tune at short notice, Conway wrote an "olde-world gavotte" which he called "Side Saddle". [6] The song was a staple of the BBC's Housewives' Choice radio programme. [7]