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This article is about the jazz standard. For the characters referenced by the title, see Linus van Pelt and Lucy van Pelt.
"Linus and Lucy" is a popular jazz piano tune written by Vince Guaraldi appearing in many of the Peanuts animated television specials. Named for the fictional siblings Linus and Lucy van Pelt, it was released in 1964 on the Vince Guaraldi Trio's album Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown. A Charlie Brown Christmas introduced the song to a television audience of millions of children beginning in 1965.[1] Since that special, the song has introduced most of the Peanuts TV specials, with the exceptions of the specials and other TV programs produced between 1979 and 1992.
The song was played to the crew of Space Shuttle Endeavour as wake-up music on Day 2 of the STS-123 mission on March 11, 2008. It was also used as background music for The Weather Channel's local forecasts starting in 1999,[2] and on advertisements for banking firm ANZ.
The song is in the key of A-flat major.
Other versions
- David Benoit on Best of David Benoit: 1987-1995, Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! [1]
- Dave Brubeck on Quiet as the Moon
- Built to Spill on Built to Spill - Sabonis Tracks
- Cyrus Chestnut on A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Stuart Hamm, as part of "Quahogs Anyone? (119, 120 Whatever It Takes)" on The Urge
- Gary Hoey on Endless Summer II Soundtrack and on Wake Up Call
- JFA (Jody Foster's Army) on Mad Gardens EP
- Less Than Jake live at the Alachua Music Harvest on January 15, 1995
- Wynton Marsalis Septet on Joe Cool's Blues
- Dave Matthews Band at various concerts
- Rhythm Pigs on Rhythm Pigs & I'm not crazy...
- George Winston on Linus and Lucy - The Music of Vince Guaraldi
- Carbon Leaf within the song "Torn and Tattered" at various concerts
- Andrew York on Perfect Sky
- Game Theory (band) on The Big Shot Chronicles
- Christopher Michael Sauter on A Jolly J.E.L.L.i. Christmas
- Danny Gatton on In Concert and Hot Rod Guitar
- Buddy Emmons on One For The Road
- Carol Lou Woodward on An Evening with Carol Lou
- Butch Taylor (as part of Dave Matthews Band) on "Live Trax Volume 1" and "Live Trax Volume 3"
- Belle and Sebastian at various concerts
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones on their 2008 Christmas album Jingle All the Way
- The Ergs! on Hindsight Is 20/20 My Friend
- Asylum Street Spankers on A Christmas Spanking
- moe. on Season's Greetings from moe.
References
- ^ The Christmas classic that almost wasn't
- ^ The Weather Channel Local Forecast Music Play List Holiday Season 1999
Peanuts Characters Films Television specials
and documentariesTelevision series
and educational film- The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (TV series)
- This Is America, Charlie Brown (mini-series)
- Teeth Brushing (educational 1978 film)
Video games - Snoopy (Game and Watch)
- Snoopy Tennis (Game and Watch)
- Snoopy and the Red Baron (Atari 2600)
- Snoopy
- Snoopy to the Rescue
- Snoopy and Peanuts
- Snoopy's Magic Show
- Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular
- Snoopy Concert
- Snoopy's Campfire Stories (PC)
- Where's the Blanket, Charlie Brown? (PC)
- It's the Big Game, Charlie Brown! (PC, Mac)
- Get Ready For School, Charlie Brown! (PC, Mac)
- Snoopy Tennis
- Snoopy vs. the Red Baron
- Snoopy Flying Ace
Other media - A Charlie Brown Christmas
- "Linus and Lucy"
- Snoopy the Musical
- You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
- Charlie Brown's Super Book of Questions and Answers
People See also Categories:- Peanuts music
- Compositions by Vince Guaraldi
- 1960s jazz standards
- Theme music
- 1964 songs
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