Canadian Sunset

For the Andy Williams album, see Canadian Sunset (album).
"Canadian Sunset"
Single by Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter
from the album Canadian Sunset
B-side"This Is Real (We're In Love, We're In Love, We're In Love)"
ReleasedJuly 1956
GenrePop, Jazz
Length2:50
LabelRCA Victor 6537
Composer(s)Eddie Heywood
Lyricist(s)Norman Gimbel
Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter singles chronology
"Land of Dreams"
(1954) 		"Canadian Sunset"
(1956)

"Canadian Sunset" is a popular song with music by jazz pianist Eddie Heywood and lyrics by Norman Gimbel. An instrumental version by Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 7 on the R&B chart in 1956.[1] A version sung by Andy Williams was also popular that year, reaching No. 7 on the Billboard chart.[2] The Sounds Orchestral, conducted by Johnny Pearson, hit the Easy Listening chart reaching No. 14 and the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 reaching No. 76.[3] In Canada their version reached No.25 on the Top 40 charts.[4]

  1. ^ Eddie Heywood and Hugo Winterhalter, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013
  2. ^ Andy Williams, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013
  3. ^ Sounds Orchestral, "Canadian Sunset" chart positions, Musicvf.com, Retrieved June 3, 2013
  4. ^ "RPM Top 40 Singles - August 9, 1965" (PDF).