If you like sweeping, brassy, bold pop music, then you'll love the albums of Dick Schory and his Percussion Pops Orchestra. Mr. Schory's albums are relatively new to me but I like his style.... especially this album. It's a cross between the music of Enoch Light and the Light Brigade, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, and Si Zentner's orchestra, but with a touch that's uniquely Schory-ish.
This album - The Happy Hits - released in 1964 by RCA (LPM 2926) is not quite a film album but it includes a number of tracks that were from movies that were popular at the time: The Pink Panther, From Russia with Love, Wives and Lovers, and Love with the Proper Stranger. "Come Bach with Me" is probably the jazziest version of Bach's Fugue in D Minor that I have ever heard. Indeed, these are happy hits!
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Track Listing
Java
If I Had a Hammer
Ebb Tide
Come Bach with Me
Wives and Lovers
The Pink Panther Theme
Hello, Dolly!
From Russia with Love
People (from "Funny Girl")
Boinggg!
Love with the Proper Stranger
Don't Let the Rain Come Down
Top Picks: The Pink Panther, Come Bach to Me, Wives and Lovers, From Russia with Love, Love with the Proper Stranger
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