Henry Mancini – Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet

“Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet” – Single by Henry Mancini from the album A Warm Shade of Ivory.
Released May 1969.

The song was a number-one pop hit in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on June 28, 1969, and remained there for two weeks; it was also his only Top Ten single on that chart.

Rearranged by Mancini, who played the piano part himself, the song started competing with rock and roll songs from the Beatles and the Rolling Stones on an Orlando, Florida radio station and spread from there. It faced stiff opposition from some radio stations for being too soft. Those stations changed their tune when the song became number one, ending the five-week run of “Get Back” by the Beatles as the top song.

This release topped the U.S. easy listening chart for eight weeks, where it was Mancini’s sole number one on the chart.

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