Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
- Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet" is a instrumental song arranged by Henry Mancini. It was a number-one song in the United States during the year 1969. It topped the Billboard magazine chart on June 28, 1969 and remained there for two weeks.[cite book]
last = Bronson
first =Fred
authorlink =
title = The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged
publisher =Billboard Books
date =1992
location =New York
pages = p. 255
isbn = 0-8230-8298-9] The music was the theme song from the movie "Romeo and Juliet", which starred Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. Rearranged by Mancini, 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 states for being too soft. Those stations had to change their mind when the song become number one.This release also topped the U.S. easy listening chart for eight weeks.
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