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Percy Faith | |
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 Faith at work in 1949 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 7, 1908 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | February 9, 1976 (aged 67) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, orchestrator, composer |
| Website | www |
Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor,[1] known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizing the "easy listening" or "mood music" format. He became a staple of American popular music in the 1950s and continued well into the 1960s.[1] Although his professional orchestra-leading career began at the height of the swing era, he refined and rethought orchestration techniques, including use of large string sections, to soften and fill out the brass-dominated popular music of the 1940s.[2]
- ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 131. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
- ^ Taylor, Derek. The Golden Age of Easy Listening (2024), pp. 53–58.